Tourism and Wildlife Cabinet Secretary Rebecca Miano has called for strengthened international collaboration and funding to safeguard migratory birds and vital ecosystems on worldwide flyways.
Speaking in Nairobi at the BirdLife International Global Partnership Meeting and Flyways Summit 2026, Miano said that to keep the migratory routes and the habitats of wildlife and people intact, an international coordinated action is vital.
Kenya is bringing together more than 120 conservation partners from across Africa, Asia the Americas ,Europe, Central Asia, the Middle East and the Pacific, for the global meeting.
Miano welcomed Her Imperial Highness Princess Takamado of Japan, the Honorary President of BirdLife International, who is attending the summit. She noted that having the global leading conservationists participating in the summit could further link the international policy, scientific research and bottom up community resulted conservation programs.
Kenya has 23 national parks, 28 national reserves and over 160 community conservancies that are home to over 1, 100 species of birds, both resident and migrant.
Miano highlighted ongoing conservation programmes with Nature Kenya, including the restoratio of 130, 000 hectares in the Tana River Delta, reforestation on Mount Kenya and generation of support programs for local monitors in battle for vulture populations in Maasai Mara and Amboseli ecosystem.
She said communities must remain central to conservation, mostly where human life overlaps with wildlife habitat.
The CS explained that safeguarding migratory routes protects wetlands, forests and other ecosystems that offer crucial environmental and economic advantages for human beings.
Miano further expressed that hosting the summit in Kenya shows the country’s leadership and longstanding commitment to wildlife conservation.
