A prayer for trees: For Kenyan tribes, saving forests is a sacred duty

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Climate scientists say preserving forests is a key way to keep climate change in check.

"You can see how much time it will take to regenerate all 140,000 hectares," said Mugo Mware, head of environmental studies at Karatina University in central Kenya.

"This is good practice, and it is sustainable" - as long as villagers properly manage how they use the wood they get from their grazing lands, he said. According to Forole resident Wato Ramata, young herders are tasked with planting new trees on grazing land to replace any that are cut down, as well as guarding them from outsiders.

 

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