President Uhuru Kenyatta’s recent announcement of a new national tree-planting drive was welcome news, demonstrating the Government’s commitment to reversing the country’s worrying levels of ...

When John Ouko walks the green, leafy paths of the Nairobi Arboretum, he sees thousands of tiny signs of hope for a tree that had been cut to the point that Kenyans feared they might lose it—the ...

The Kenyan government has declared that Monday will be a “special holiday” in which people nationwide will be expected to plant trees to help with the country’s land restoration efforts. Kithure ...

This century old, sacred fig tree in Nairobi, Kenya, which stands 4 stories high, was at risk for removal. Kenyan authorities wanted to relocate it to make way for a four-lane, 17 mile highway funded ...

KIABARIKI, Kenya, July 20 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When Ruth Karanja is planting and nurturing trees with her local conservation group in their central Kenyan village, she's thinking about water ...

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta has issued a decree to save a much-loved century-old fig tree from being cut down to make way for a Chinese-funded highway in the capital Nairobi.

Running for miles and miles in the arid, nomadic countryside of Samburu, Kenya’s fig trees have recently been found to possess a hidden and rare talent. While most trees slurp up carbon dioxide from ...

Kakuma, Kenya — Char Tito is hammering nails into wood at Kakuma Arid Zone Secondary School in Turkana County, northern Kenya. The 16-year-old is making a traditional chair under the scorching sun ...