Kenya Environment and Science Journalists Association (KENSJA) in collaboration with Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) and Kenya Forest Service (KFS) have planted over 3,200 trees in Ngong Road Forest Station on Saturday.
This institution was started in February 2007 in Nairobi to provide a forum for science and environment journalists to express their professional advancement and judgment in terms of reporting on environmental matters.
Julius Kamau, Kenya Forest Service Chief Conservator of Forests stated that trees are the pillar of life and the main source of energy which supports income-generating sectors like tourism, manufacturing, and agriculture.
He was keen to thank the fourth estate for campaigning for the conservation of forests and educating the masses on the dangers of destroying forests as well as the benefits of adequate Forest cover.
Mr. Kamau also said that there are many future prospects of partnerships between the government and the media.
"One of them is the government’s determination to attain 10 percent of forest cover by 2022 as directed by the President. To achieve this target, the service led by the Ministry of Environment and Forestry is implementing a strategy that employs a multi-sector approach in pooling resources and technical capacity towards attaining this goal. The media is certainly one of these stakeholders," he said as quoted by The Star.
Duncan Mboya, KENSJA chairman commended media personalities present for extensively covering the issues of climate change and forest cover as this helped in keeping the Kenyans at per with conservationists.