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Bamboo is unsung hero in conservation efforts

Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Climate Change and Forestry of Kenya Deborah Barasa,plant a bamboo tree on, September 18th 2025, during world Bamboo day celebration,which coincide with the launch of the Kenya National Bamboo Development Strategy and Action Plan (2025–2035). [Edward Kiplimo, Standard]

A few months ago, as I headed West, I detoured to buy tree seedlings from a nameless ranch somewhere in Narok, Kenya, to gift my hosts. None of those I bought was bamboo. They only had grown bamboo trees in the ranch.

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