Kenya: Minet Plants 20,000 Trees in Kiambu in Push to Reach 500,000 Goal

Nairobi — Risk advisory firm Minet has planted 20,000 tree seedlings in the Matathia block of the Uplands Forest in Kiambu County as part of its ongoing target to plant 500,000 trees in Kenya by 2030.

The new planting brings the total number of trees planted by the firm over the past three years to 46,000, with the latest exercise involving more than 100 local community members. The participants have pledged to nurture the trees to maturity.

Kenya loses an estimated 84,700 hectares of forest…