Stakeholders Join Hands In Tree Planting Exercise To Help Mitigate Climate Change
The stakeholders who took part in the tree planting exercise yesterday
By Our Correspondent
Scores of stakeholders yesterday took part in a tree planting exercise as rains hits various parts of the country.
They planted hundreds of indigenous and exotic trees at Culture Centre Hall compound in Nyeri town.
Thousands of others were given out to various institutions and individuals for planting.
The multi sectoral partners who were involved included Tana Water Works Development Agency, Nyeri Water and Sewerage Company, Go Green Hub, The Pines Charity Initiative, The Kenya Forest Research Institute (KEFRI), Kenya Water Towers, Tana, Dedan Kimathi University of Technology, Kenya Forest Service (KFS), National Environmental Management Authority (NEMA), Thunguma Children’s Home among others.
The local community, the youth and the university students also took part during the tree planting exercise.
A group of the youth will take care of the trees until they fully grow.
Nyeri County Environment Director Yvonne Mathenge said the government through the Department of Water, Irrigation, Climate Change and Environment jointly with other stakeholders is targeting to plant over one million trees annually in the county.
Statistics show that Nyeri county tops in tree cover which stands at 45% while the forest cover is 40%.
The partners lauded the county government for the effort in conserving the environment and also for safeguarding the two water towers of Mt. Kenya and Aberdare forest.
Before embarking on the exercise, various speakers articulated the importance of having a good forest cover.
Some of them are that trees give off oxygen that we need to breathe. Trees reduce the amount of stormwater runoff, which reduces erosion and pollution in our waterways and may reduce the effects of flooding.
Trees also reduce greenhouse gases when they take in carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
As trees grow, they help stop climate change by removing carbon dioxide from the air, storing carbon in the trees and soil, and releasing oxygen into the atmosphere.
Further, trees attract rain and also provide shade.
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