State follows in UN footpath by launching ambitious ecosystem restoration plan
Environment Cabinet Secretary Keriako Tobiko and a Kenya Forest Services official plant a tree at the Maasai Mau Forest during an event to mark the first anniversary of restoration efforts, October 31, 2020.
The government has reaffirmed its commitment to restore 5.1 million hectares of deforested and degraded land under the African Forest Landscape Restoration Initiative (AFR100), a country-led effort to bring 100 million hectares of land in Africa into restoration by 2030.
Speaking at Garissa University on Saturday, June 5, Environment Cabinet Secretary (CS) Keriako Tobiko launched the "Decade of Ecosystem Restoration 2021-2030" in line with United Nation's ambitious agenda to bend the curve of nature loss.
