{"id":54301,"date":"2023-09-14T12:29:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-14T12:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/africa\/?p=54301"},"modified":"2025-08-25T12:52:23","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T12:52:23","slug":"lifting-kenyas-moratorium-on-logging-shows-poor-judgement-heres-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/africa\/en\/blog\/54301\/lifting-kenyas-moratorium-on-logging-shows-poor-judgement-heres-why\/","title":{"rendered":"Lifting Kenya\u2019s moratorium on logging shows poor judgement: here\u2019s why"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Trees in a farm in Naigai, Bungoma County. \nFarmers in Kenya are effectively applying ecological farming practices that are increasing their ability to build resilience to and cope with climate change.<\/figcaption>
\u00a9 Cheryl-Samantha Owen \/ Greenpeace<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

The Kenyan government recently lifted a six-year moratorium on logging in public and community forests<\/a> to allegedly curb unemployment and enhance economic development despite environmental concerns. This comes less than a year after the president pledged to increase Kenya\u2019s tree cover to over 30% by 2032 to avert adverse climate change effects<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n

The decision was met by public outcry, and reasonably so. Before the implementation of the moratorium on logging in 2018, the Taskforce formed to investigate the state of forest resource management in Kenya and logging activities reported that the Kenya Forest Service Board and Management were marred by abuse of office and corruption, exemplified by unethical behaviour and a lack of accountability<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n

The consequences of these malpractices included illegal and unchecked logging of indigenous tree species, illegal squatting and large-scale development of public infrastructure, blurring the line between forest protection and exploitation. <\/p>\n\n

Since lifting the moratorium, these issues have resurfaced, following reports of the arrest of suspects involved in illegal activities by the Kenya Forest Service<\/a> less than a month after the declaration.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n

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Such occurrences, coupled with the impunity and corruption surrounding the Kenya Forest Service (KFS), have done little to reassure the public that lifting the moratorium on logging is a good idea.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

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