The youth are part of the Mida Creek Conservation and Awareness group that is working to transform the face of the environment by taking up mangrove conservation. The government’s National Mangrove Ecosystem Management Plan 2017-2027 approximates that Mangrove forests along the Kenya coast cover approximately 61,271ha. The Mida Creek-based group, alongside others in the neighbourhood, is working to reverse this trend by cultivating and planting mangrove seedlings. It is part of the broader Arabuko-Sokoke forest ecosystem, which has been declared a man and biosphere reserve. Apart from conservation, Kibwana Ali, the chairperson of the group, the 28-member group’s mangrove conservation activities, have also seen it support the livelihoods of its members.

Source: Daily Nation December 05, 2019 12:22 UTC