How Kenya Can Effectively Grow 15 billion Trees
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The government and partners recently launched an ambitious campaign to plant and grow 15 billion trees to triple Kenya’s tree cover from 12% to 30% by 2032. The initiative aims to combat climate change and support socio-economic development. To ensure success, the campaign should incorporate low-cost and efficient tree-growing methods like natural regeneration.
Based on the principle that nature recovers by itself given the chance, the natural regeneration approach does not plant trees, but it provides enabling conditions for them to grow from seeds dispersed on the ground by wind, animals, and other natural agents. It also manages tree stumps and saplings to speed up their growth or regrowth.
This method is not new but man...