Project to Restore Mau Forest Starts Next Year

Posted to the web 13 October 2008 Kennedy Senelwa Nairobi Planting of trees to rehabilitate the Mau Forest will start early next year. This will be carried out in a joint project of the United Nations and Kenyan Government. The United Nations Environment Programme (Unep) said restoration of the forest would involve re-establishment of plantations and promotion of natural regeneration. Unep's executive director Achim Steiner said restoration of degraded ecosystems of Mau Forest in Kenya and Lake Faguibine in Mali were country projects to be undertaken jointly with respective governments. He said the two were part of... [read full story]