KWALE, Kenya: Standing under a thick green canopy in coastal Kenya’s Shim Hills, Mohamed Mwaramuno squints at his fellow forest ranger’s smartphone. Patrick Kilelu, a forest protection officer in Kwale, said the system is helping to ease the environmental and economic damage of Covid-19. “The pandemic had a very negative impact on conservation efforts, on social life and economic well-being,” he said. Tech potentialNasiri Maulidi, chairman of a local forest restoration group in Kwale County, said the project is also helping tackle unemployment in the villages. When he heard in October that the KFS was recruiting locals for a forest restoration project, he enlisted right away.

Source: The Star April 16, 2021 02:01 UTC