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"Geoffrey Mosoku and his two daughters have been digging a seedling deep into
the ground of the Ngong forest in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi.
“It can become part of Kenyan culture to do environmental work,” said Mosoku,
as he and his daughters tapped the tree into place in the natural forest a few
kilometres from the city centre. The trio were one of hundreds of people who
showed up at the forest on Monday to plant saplings for Kenya’s first national
tree planting holiday despite heavy morning rains.
The public holiday, announced last week, is part of a government initiative to
plant 15bn trees by 2032 to tackle the climate crisis and deforestation amid
worsening impacts such as a severe drought in the country and the wider Horn of
Africa region.
Government officials led tree-planting activities in different areas of the
country and the environment minister urged the public to participate rather
than use the holiday “to attend to other private and social obligations”.
Seedlings were available to the public through local forest agencies and
chiefs’ offices across the country.
“Conservation of the environment is the urgent and collective responsibility of
our time,” the Kenyan president, William Ruto, who launched tree-growing
activities in Makueni county in eastern Kenya, said on X, formerly known as
Twitter."
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Future Crunch:
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Cheers,
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