The government launched a campaign to plant 15 billion trees in ten years from 2022 in a bid to reach 30% tree cover in Kenya. The campaign aims at reducing greenhouse emissions, stopping, and reversing deforestation.

Tree planting has emerged as a powerful sustainable solution to mitigate the adverse effects of climate change and reduce environmental degradation. Planting trees not only helps combat climate change by sequestering carbon dioxide, but it also provides a wide array of environmental, social, and economic benefits.

Forests act as “carbon sinks,” helping to reduce the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. This has been proven by studies by institutions such as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

Restoring and expanding forest cover can help protect and restore fragile ecosystems, safeguarding endangered species and preserving biological diversity. The focus currently is on planting trees; however, to create and maintain diverse and resilient forest ecosystems that promote the long-term survival of a wide range of plant and animal species, it is necessary to ensure the planted trees grow to maturity.

In this respect, Green Hummingbird Foundation has initiated a campaign that calls for all people who plant trees to adopt them, nurture them to realize the intention they were intended for.