Friday, November 6, 2015

Kenyan youths renounce crime to protect forests | Top News | Reuters

Kenyan youths renounce crime to protect forests | Top News | Reuters: "He and other young people resorted to crime to support themselves after the ban on cutting down public forests put a stop to the lucrative local trade of transporting logs for sale, which many had quit school to do.

Now their knowledge of the timber trade is being put to good use.

Group members select a specific ringtone on their cell phones to notify each other when they are alerted to tree-felling activities."



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