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Youth loads eucalyptus logs on a lorry at Kambiri n Shinyalu on November 5, 2021. [Benjmain Sakwa, Standard]
This week the government lifted the logging ban, allowing for the harvesting of some trees in our forests.
Away from the heated debate, this development has triggered a question in my mind - just how valuable is a tree? Well, trees indeed have multiple values, but my mind has been focusing on a singular one, their priceless value.
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