Kenya: Kentrade Commits to Increase Kenya's Forest Cover By Planting 2000 Trees

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Kenya: Kentrade Commits to Increase Kenya's Forest Cover By Planting 2000 Trees

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The Kenya Trade Network Agency (KenTrade) has announced plans to plant 2000 trees in the first half of 2022, in a bid to increase the forest cover in the country to over 10 percent tree cover from the current 7 percent.

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