Kenya's landscape restoration agenda is often viewed as an environmental programme focused on restoring forests, rehabilitating watersheds and expanding tree cover. But it also represents something much bigger: the emergence of a new productive sector of the economy.
Mobile money evolved from a simple payment innovation into a globally recognised fintech industry. Renewable energy shifted from a development priority to an attractive investment class. Affordable housing has grown into an ecosystem of developers, manufacturers, financiers and service providers. Landscape restoration may now be following the same path.
