Arabuko-Sokoke Forest

Arabuko-Sokoke Forest The Arabuko-Sokoke Forest is the largest stretch of coastal dry forest remaining in Eastern Africa. It is a haven for birds, and it is in danger.
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Once, a dry coastal forest stretched for 4,000 km from Somalia to Mozambique. Now, the largest fragment is Arabuko-Sokoke Forest, which covers 400 km2. It’s one of the most important forests for wildlife in all of Africa, providing a home for six globally threatened birds, two remarkable species of elephant-shrew and about a hundred African Elephant. If anywhere in the world should be protected fo

r its unique wildlife, it’s this forest. Now, it’s threatened by seismic surveys for gas and oil. Roads are already being cleared into the forest. A Rocha, other NGOs and local community leaders have sent petitions to government bodies, asking for the surveys to be stopped.

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