MANGROVE FOREST RESTORATION CAMPAIGN

The government has stepped up efforts to restore degraded mangrove ecosystems along the Coast, in line with its ambitious national campaign to plant 15 billion trees by 2032. Speaking during a mangrove planting exercise in Miritini, Mombasa County, the Conservation Secretary in the State Department for Wildlife, Dr. John Chumo, said the initiative is part of broader efforts to increase Kenya’s forest cover from below the constitutional threshold of 10 percent to at least 30 percent.