News Headline
Forest protection: Armed with phones and seeds, jobless Kenyans tackle illegal logging
Source
SIGHT
Publication Date
2021-04-21
Standing under a thick green canopy in coastal Kenya's Shim Hills, Mohamed Mwaramuno squints at his fellow forest ranger's smartphone. With about a dozen rangers, he has been using an app that through satellite feeds maps signs of forest fires, illegal logging and people encroaching on water sources, to stem worsening deforestation in Kwale County during the COVID-19 pandemic.