Title: Mr. David Manyara
Position at GDC: Environmental Scientist from the Security Well being and Setting Division (SHE)
What contributions has GDC made in the direction of the Kenyan authorities’s nationwide tree-growing marketing campaign?
Consistent with the Presidential Directive on the 15 billion tree-growing marketing campaign in 2023, GDC has dedicated to develop 5 million timber within the subsequent ten years. This interprets to a goal of 500,000 timber yearly.
GDC conducts ongoing tree planting classes within the operational areas and Koibatek Forest, a part of the areas assigned for rehabilitation by the Ministry of Power and Petroleum in Kericho and Baringo County. The timber being planted at Koibatek Forest are a part of the Plantation Institution and Livelihood Enchancment Scheme (PELIS), the place plantation timber are planted alongside crops, and the native communities within the catchment areas are chargeable for taking good care of the younger timber. Because the tree cover units, crop rising is stopped to make sure the profitable development of the timber.
Regards,
