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Instant Forest? ‘Tree Hopping’ Takes Off in Parts of Kenya

The sun beat down on Samuel Rono’s farm in Kerita, a village in southern Kenya, as six young men struggled to load one of several large trees into a waiting truck. “They (the trees) are not for making timber,” Rono explained. “They are being moved to a new location to be planted there.” By removing a few trees from his 10-acre (4-hectare) farm, Rono can make more space for his livestock to graze and for him to grow more maize. But, instead of simply cutting down the 16-foot...


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