Gazi Community Forestry Group’s, Mikoko Pamoja — which means “mangroves together” in Swahili, focuses on planting mangrove trees and conserving their habitats. PHOTO | BRIAN OKINDA | NATION MEDIA GROUPThe Gazi Bay-based group reforests degraded mangrove areas and protects the existing mangrove forests. Mikoko Pamoja’s mangrove conservation and restoration programme is the world’s first conservation project to link mangrove forests to global carbon emission markets. County KFS ecosystems conservator George Wara says Kwale County has more than 8,000 hectares of mangrove forests. They can deliver 30 per cent of climate change solution, which can be achieved by halting and reversing deforestation,” says Dierckxsens.

Source: Daily Nation January 01, 2020 09:00 UTC