Firm leads initiative to rejuvenate Kenya's forests

Minet CEO Sammy Muthui (second right) is flanked by Joseph Macharia, Deputy County Forest Conservator, Kenya Forest Services- Kiambu (Right), Dr. Jedidah Wanyeki, CEO Greens of Africa Foundation (second left) and Salome Wairimu a resident of Matathia, Lari during a tree planting event that saw Minet and the community sow over 20,000 tree seedlings at the Matathia block of the Uplands Forest in Lari Constituency, Kiambu County. (Courtesy)

Kenya is losing approximately 84,716 hectares of forest and seeing an additional 14,934 hectares degraded annually, a new report by Kenya Forest Service says.

The environmental losses, driven by logging, charcoal burning, agricultural expansion, and encroachment are estimated to cost the nation Sh534 billion each year.