Environment Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale, has directed that allocation of commercial forest stocks across the country should follow the Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Act.
Environment Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale now says forest illegalities like logging remain the greatest challenge to forest restoration efforts.
The government has announced the immediate suspension of raw veneer exports to protect forests and support reforestation efforts.
At least 28,000 farmers are expected to benefit from an empowerment project to conserve Kaptagat forest in Elgeyo Marakwet county.
Firefighters are battling a strong forest fire in Turkey's Aegean city of Izmir for a third day on Saturday, AFP reporters said, with hundreds more people evacuated overnight.
The Environment, Climate Change and Forestry Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale has put on notice grabbers of forest land saying that it will not happen under his watch.
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