A papyrus reed raft on Lake Tana, source of the Blue Nile and home to many bird species. Photograph: Michael S.Lewis/Corbis
The Observer: UK biofuel needs ‘threaten delta’
Hundreds of bird species are in danger from plans to plant sugar cane and build a refinery in Kenya
Juliette Jowit, environment editor
Sunday April 6 2008
The lush, muddy wetlands of the Tana river delta, teeming with birds and home to hippos and crocodiles, lions and elephants, are more than 4,000 miles from Britain. But this patchwork of savannah and mangrove swamp on the east coast of Africa is the latest victim of the British thirst for biofuels.