A section of people who participated in planting 20, 000 indigenous tree seedlings in Mt Kenya forest in Kithoka, Meru, on Thursday. The effort to reclaim over 14, 000 hectares is led by Mt Kenya Trust, Kenya Forestry Service and Kenya Tea Development Agency. The Mount Kenya Forest Restoration Strategy 2019-2029, was developed by Nature Kenya and Kenya Forest Services (KFS). The strategy is focused on restoring 6,170 hectares of the Mt Kenya Forest, and will require at least Sh1.5 billion over period of five years. “The economic value of the Mt Kenya Forest was in 2018 at Sh22 billion.

Source: Standard Digital March 07, 2021 22:51 UTC