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Country’s fast diminishing forest cover is worrying

Kenya: Kenya has less than 10 per cent forest cover. Agriculture is responsible for 80 per cent of worldwide deforestation.

A visit to the rural areas of Western and Nyanza counties paints a gloomy picture on the management of forests and trees.

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