With a gate of thick forest securing the perimeter of the campus, it was fitting that Wangari Maathai, Ph.D. – whose tree-planting concept earned her the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize – delivered the keynote ...

The Malindi Watamu Arabuko Sokoke Biosphere Reserve is one of Kenya’s most ecologically diverse landscapes, encompassing forests, mangroves, beaches, and coral reefs. As part of UNESCO’s MAB Programme ...

NAIROBI — The Kenyan government has announced a surprise public holiday on Nov. 13 for a nationwide tree planting day, part of its ambitious plan to plant 15 billion trees by 2032. Interior Minister ...

The name of global environmental charity One Tree Planted seems excessively modest now, as they’ve just finished planting 80,000 trees in Africa. Rwanda got 60,000 new trees, and Kenya got 20,000. In ...

(CNN) — The Kenyan government has declared that Monday will be a “special holiday” in which people nationwide will be expected to plant trees to help with the country’s land restoration efforts. (CNN) ...

Hundreds of Kenyans braved heavy downpours to plant seedlings in Nairobi after the government declared Monday a public holiday to encourage citizens to grow 100 million trees across the country.

Kenyans received a surprise this week – a special public holiday on 13 November to plant trees across the country during the heavy rainy season. President William Ruto through his Interior Minister ...

NAIROBI, KENYA: When Leah Mutembei was growing up in Kajuki, a village in central Kenya, most farms were dotted with avocado and mango trees. “But now they have all gone,” the 32-year-old maize farmer ...

In addition to audio recordings and laser scanning, a thermal imaging camera has been adopted for use in research focused on threatened mammals that hide from poachers in Kenya's Taita Hills. Tree ...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The Kenyan government announced Monday a surprise public holiday on Nov. 13 for a nationwide tree planting day, part of its ambitious plan to plant 15 billion trees by 2032 ...