Counties Uasin Gishu community plants 23,000 trees in Timboroa forestMembers of the Asian community from Shree Swaminarayan Temple in Eldoret, Uasin Gishu County during a tree planting exercise in Timboroa on May 20, 2018. PHOTO | JARED NYATAYA | NMGMembers of the Indian community in Uasin Gishu County yesterday planted over 23,000 trees to increase forest cover as part of an intensified afforestation programme. The Shree Swaminarayan community planted the trees in 4.6 hectares of land in Timboroa forest which forms part of the country’s five water towers. “We plan to plant more than 14 million trees this year and rehabilitate the over 300 dams to help mitigate climate change,” said Ms Njogu. “More than 3,000 hectares forest land is under commercial plantation while another 2,000 hectares is under farm forestry,” said Mr Kanyili.

Source: The North Africa Journal May 21, 2018 09:45 UTC