Red Cross in record bid to plant 5 million trees in an hour

Posted on :Tuesday , 20th September 2016

 The humanitarian organisation said it will make its bid to break the Guinness World Record in November in 19 regions across Kenya. If successful, the attempt, dubbed the Tree Challenge 2016, would double the current record held by the Philippines, which planted 2.4 million trees in one hour.

“As thousands of people have expressed interest in being part of this Tree Challenge. . .

Ethiopia: Large Scale Tree Plantation Ensuring Climate Resilient Economy

Posted on :Monday , 12th September 2016

 The increase in global warming, soil erosion and depletion of soil fertility, air and water pollution, soaring temper atures and weather patterns as well as the ozone depletion are among the major issues of concern in this modern age. Forests play an important role in curbing climate change and its effects. The destruction and degradation of forests contribute to the problem through the r. . .

How bamboo farming galvanises the Made-in-Rwanda campaign

Posted on :Thursday , 8th September 2016

 It might be a policy in Rwanda that bamboo trees are fully integrated into forestry and overall development strategies, but a section of society still feels that little attention has been paid regarding bamboo’s potential to offer solutions to the country’s employment challenges.

Kenya seeks global trade restrictions on tree used for wood carvings

Posted on :Tuesday , 30th August 2016

 Kenya is seeking a global trade restriction on a tree species used for making wood carvings and music instruments, a Kenyan scientist said on Monday.

Efficient cookstoves save trees - and chickens - in Kenya

Posted on :Friday , 26th August 2016

 GICHANGI, Kenya (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Farmers in Kenya's Laikipia County have found a clever way to reduce their use of wood for fuel while raising more chickens for cash: an efficient ceramic cooking stove that doubles as a chick brooding box.