Invasive weed threatens wildlife at Nairobi National Park

Buffaloes at Nairobi National Park. 

Photo credit: File|NMG

The Nairobi National Park and the neighbouring private wildlife sanctuaries are under a major threat from a weed that is rapidly eating into the grazing area for wildlife, reducing fodder and grasses.

The flowering plant, known as Parthenium hysterophorus or " famine weed" to locals, is spreading fast in the park and its environs.

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