Major gaps in global satellite maps of forests raise policy concerns

For decades, global efforts to combat climate change and protect biodiversity have relied on a high-tech promise: that ...
Mongabay

Kenya blames and evicts Ogiek people for deforestation, but forest loss persists

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Long-running evictions of Indigenous Ogiek communities from Kenya’s Mau Forest, whom the government blames for deforestation, haven’t led to any ...
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Forest governance, REDD+ and sustainable development in Kenya

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. NAKURU, KENYA: A series of in-depth studies have been carried out in Kenya to inform ...
CNN

This remote, mystical forest has been protected for centuries. Now it’s under threat

Editor’s Note: Call to Earth is a CNN editorial series committed to reporting on the environmental challenges facing our planet, together with the solutions. Rolex’s Perpetual Planet Initiative has ...
Thomson Reuters Foundation

As Kenyans farm in forests, incomes rise and deforestation falls

Margret Njoki and her daughter tend to their potato crops on a plot of land they lease in Uplands Forest, near Lari, Kenya, December 18, 2021. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Benson Rioba As climate ...
Reuters

Taboos and ancient traditions help one community protect Kenya's forests

LAIKIPIA, Kenya (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Deep within the Mukogodo forest in central Kenya, a community of traditional hunter gatherers are working with the government to help expand forests and ...
Mongabay

In Kenya, a community regrew its forest — and redefined reforestation success

What started as a group effort to find a solution to deforestation has seen a rural community in Kenya successfully regenerate 50% of their once denuded forest by planting at least 300,000 trees in ...