The government is keen to tap the potential of forestry in private and community land as it seeks to increase forest cover. "To get to the 10% forest cover, public land is not sufficient. This calls for incentive measures to get private and community landowners to establish forests on their land," the policy reads. KFS says at least 988,422 acres of public forests under the service are degraded and need to be fixed. The state has been prevailing upon Kenyans to plant trees on 10 per cent of their land as one way of increasing the shrinking forest cover.

Source: The Star March 14, 2021 01:52 UTC