FORESTRY

     Forestry is the planting of trees and encouraging them to grow. Once there lived a woman known as Wangari Maathai who was a Kenyan. Maathai encouraged the growin of forests and was annoyed by those cut down trees. Wangari planted trees with the aim of making her country look beautiful. She started a movement known as Green Belt movement which was involved in planting of trees. The Green Belt Movement planted a lot of trees in forests, schools, colleges, universities and everywhere they could. 

     In 2004, Wangari Maathai was awarded a Nobel Peace Prize and becoming the only Kenyan woman to receive the award. This is due to the fact that he fought for environment. She offered tree seedlings to many villages, districts and cities. This is because she wanted to make a change in the harsh environmental conditions.

     By the time she was dying, Wangari had said that she would not be laid in a coffin made up of wood to prevent cutting of trees.


Location: Lindi, Nairobi, Kenya