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Why Kenya's 15 billion tree plan risks failure

Imenti forest

A cleared section of Imenti forest in Meru County where construction work is ongoing for the proposed construction of an airstrip.

Photo credit: Pool

Tree-planting • The ambitious plan to plant 15 billion trees might turn out to be a pipe dream, says David M. Kigo. “The rate at which we are destroying trees in existing forests and animal sanctuaries, some of them indigenous and take long to mature, is alarming. We seem to be doing the opposite of what should be the norm when it comes to environmental conservation.” His contact is [email protected].

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