A private organization has partnered with the Community in Likia-Mau forest to plant over 300,000 indigenous trees, a move that will reverse environmental degradation by doubling forest cover. The tree planting exercise which began on Friday last week will is an ongoing activity until 100 hectares of forest cover is met. The exercise is part of a campaign launched by Environment CS Keriako Tobiko that seeks to increase forest cover to 10 percent by 2022. According to the 2015 National forest policy, the current forest cover in Kenya is 6.9 percent which is below the constitutional requirement of ten percent. Likia Forest is situated along the Njoro – Mau Narok Road some 15 km from Mau Narok town.

Source: The Star April 20, 2018 17:37 UTC