Kenya: Green Belt Movement, Greenpeace Africa Urge Suspension of Logging in Mau Forest

Kenya: Green Belt Movement, Greenpeace Africa Urge Suspension of Logging in Mau Forest

Nairobi -- Environmental groups Green Belt Movement (GBM) and Greenpeace Africa have called for the immediate suspension of President William Ruto's directive lifting the ban on logging in the Mau Forest Complex, warning that the move threatens to reverse years of environmental recovery.

Green Belt Movement, Greenpeace Africa Urge Suspension of Logging in Mau Forest

NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 30 – Environmental groups Green Belt Movement (GBM) and Greenpeace Africa have called for the immediate suspension of President William Ruto’s directive lifting the ban on logging in the Mau Forest Complex, warning that the move threatens to reverse years of environmental recovery. The organisations said the decision undermines conservation gains and risks accelerating deforestation, biodiversity loss, and water scarcity in K…