Sacco says Kenya can attain UN forest cover goal before 2030

Kenya can achieve the United Nations requirement of the 10 per cent forest cover even before the global 2030 deadline if the country's youth and school going children are encouraged to plant more trees through support from the private sector and other conservation agencies.

Although the UN has classified Kenya as among countries with low forest cover, the Kenya Forestry Service says there is significant improvement with the country's forest cover standing at about seven percent and not two percent as earlier indicated by the global body.