Kenya Counts Its Seedlings. Who Counts the Forests That Vanish?

Each year Kenya reports bigger tree-planting numbers: more seedlings in the ground, more volunteers turning out, more restoration goals declared. Environmental defenders now want to know what the national tally leaves out: how much standing forest is being lost while the planting is celebrated? More than 200 Kenyans took that question to the Ministry of…

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Kenyans Deliver 60,000-Signature Petition to Environment Ministry, Demand Forest Protection Plan Ahead of Mazingira Day

NAIROBI, Oct. 6, 2026 — More than 200 Kenyans marched to the Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Forestry on Tuesday and handed over a petition with over 60,000 signatures demanding that the government halt the destruction of public forests and present a forest protection plan on Mazingira Day this Saturday. The march was led…

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