One man spent decades transforming a Kenyan quarry left barren by limestone mining into a thriving wildlife sanctuary filled with forests, wetlands and wildlife | World News
A landscape near Mombasa, Kenya, once looked almost impossible to restore. Decades of limestone quarrying had left the ground hard, hot and largely devoid of vegetation, while salty groundwater made growing plants even more difficult. Then Dr René Haller, a Swiss-born naturalist and agronomist working with Bamburi Cement, began an ambitious experiment in ecological restoration….
