Reliance on wood fuel and charcoal burning has been blamed as the major cause of the dwindling forest cover in Molo sub-county and it’s environ.
Area deputy county commissioner David Wanyonyi has urged residents to conserve forests and plant more trees to alleviate the growing effects of climate change.
Addressing residents, who live along Kibunja forest, the administrator cautioned residents on burning dry crop residues terming it a great threat to forest cover.
Revisiting a recent fire incident that broke out and burnt a section of Tayari forest, Wanyonyi said the country is facing challenges due to manmade activities especially logging.
"The cost of a tree seedling is about 10 shillings, this amount is affordable than the cost of taming the consequences of a destroyed mother nature," he said.
Molo constituency Forest Association Chairman Peter Warui called on residents to conserve and also plant indigenous trees owning to their immerse benefits on communities and soil cover.
He said his organization had provided farmers from various locations with tree seedlings adding that fruit trees were benefiting farmers.