Coastweek Newspaper Vol 38 No 39 (October 9-15,2015)

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Inside this issue: Tourism shake-up coastal beaches: Kenya’s tourism stakeholders have called for policies and regulations to be put in place to streamline and improve coastal beaches as key tourism destinations, Coast school awarded for black stone project that neutralizes snake bite effects: Students at Coast Girls School have developed a small black stone that is saving lives following snake and scorpion bites in Kongowea and Likoni in Mombasa County, through a school project led by Aga Khan Academy, Mombasa and supported by Intel and the Aga Khan Foundation (USA), Conservationists marching for elephants and rhino protection: Leading Kenya wildlife conservation lobby groups have taken part in the global march to galvanize support for protection of rhinos and elephants that are facing serious threats like poaching and depletion of their habitats