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High demand for wood fast eating into forest cover

There has been wanton destruction of Mau forest. FILE PHOTO | NMG

By  ADONIJAH NDEGE

A rising demand for wood products continues to frustrate Kenya’s efforts to attain the UN recommended minimum forest cover of 10 per cent by 2020.

Data from the World Bank indicates that Kenya currently has a forest cover of 7.8 per cent, representing a total of 44,130 square kilometres.

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