On July 2, Kenya's president ended an almost six-year moratorium on logging in the country's public and community forests. "We can't have mature trees rotting in forests while locals suffer due to ...

Kenya’s Environment and Land Court issued interim orders Wednesday against a policy directive reinstated by President William Ruto in July lifting a moratorium on logging pending the hearing and ...

Ruto said the government would push ahead with plans to plant 15 billion trees over 10 years - Copyright AFP/File Simon MAINA Ruto said the government would push ...

NAIROBI, KenyaNAIROBI, Kenya — Kenyan President William Ruto has lifted a six-year ban on logging over the concerns of environmentalists. The president said Sunday it was “foolish” to have mature ...

Kenyan President William Ruto lifted a five-year tree-logging freeze that boosted forest cover to a modest 8.8% in the East African nation that experiences routine drought. Removing the moratorium ...

NAIROBI (AlertNet) – Kenya should encourage private businesses to grow trees for charcoal and timber to increase its forest cover rather than relying on the rehabilitation of indigenous forests, the ...

MOMBASA, Kenya — Dressed in protective clothing and armed with a smoker, Peter Nyongesa walked through the mangroves to monitor his beehives along the Indian Ocean coastline. The 69-year-old Nyongesa ...