Think twice when you are cutting trees

When it come to trees ,Kenya is a rich land.According to botanical reference ,Kenya Trees and Shrubs ,published by the National Museum ,Kenya has over 1100 species of trees.Trees are the one which make the environment look good.This is due in part to the wonderfully diverse habitats in the country, extending from the dry, barren regions of Lake Turkana and Mandera, to the lush high country around Mount Kenya and the Rift Valley highlands.

Kenya is also poor, due to poor resource management extending back to the colonial days and government actions of the immediate past, the country has seen extensive environmental degradation, habitat conversion and loss of forest cover. This has left the land vulnerable to erosion and drought, and the people with fewer resources for their survival. The forest, and the trees, have not received due credit for their contribution to the land. Trees protect soil, provide food and protection for people and animals, fuel for cooking, medicine, fiber, mulch, green manure, fencing, and much more. Losing these services has cost Kenya greatly.For more visit http://agroforesttrees.cisat.jmu.edu/.

The current government is playing a bigger role to prevent deforestation as in previous regime of KANU government. Everybody was destroying the forest in the name of been rich.We should thank our president honorable Uhuru Kenyatta for enhancing and putting measures to prevent deforestation in this green country.

  What if all the trees were cut down our country could have turn to a semi desert having in mind that the country economy is run by Agricultural,Tourism etc.I cannot imagine Kenya been a desert.This would have prevented Kenya from accomplishing vision 2030 which will make Kenya a middle income country and improve our GDP.When you are cutting a tree think twice because you could be destroying life of future generation and home of many.