News We are staring at auctioneers’ hammer, say sawmillersA man smoothing timbers at a furniture factory. FILE PHOTO | nmgSawmillers in the North Rift are staring at the auctioneers gavel, having used some of their assets to pay royalties to harvest logs in public forests. Logging aside, much of the country’s forest cover has been lost due to wanton cutting of trees and minimal reafforestation. “KFS faces a staff shortage and we appeal to all Kenyans to conserve the environment,” Mr Kariuki said. The agency is now reaching out to community forest associations, sawmillers and farmers to invest in commercial farm forestry and increase the country’s forest cover.

Source: The North Africa Journal April 08, 2018 06:00 UTC