Counties hold key to meeting 10pc forest cover goal by 2022

Margaret Chepkoech, plants a tree seedling during the 2021 Kaptagat Forest Annual Tree Planting exercise. FILE PHOTO | JARED NYATAYA | NMG

The clock is fast ticking on Kenya’s goal of achieving 10 percent forest cover by 2022, pushing counties in the North Rift to roll out new environmental conservation projects to help the nation achieve its target.

Increasingly, Kenya has been experiencing erratic weather patterns that include cyclical drought and flooding, blamed on rising global temperatures as people continue to produce greenhouse gases on an unprecedented scale.

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