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 ...

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, 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 ...

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 ...

Sandalwood worth 20 million that was impounded at Sirata in Marigat Sub-county transported in a police vehicle attached Kasiela Operation camp in Baringo South on December 12, 2015.The driver who is a ...

Championed by Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai, Kenyan forests that once sheltered guerrillas fighting British colonialists are a battleground in a modern-day struggle against environmental ...

Kenya’s government will partially lift a ban on logging, the Environment and Forestry Ministry said after tea growers warned the moratorium would remove an important source of energy for the industry.