DESTROY FORESTS AT OUR OWN PERIL

Forests play an important ecological role besides the economics as we have known them for. In Africa and Kenya in particular forests have been reduced to a mere one percent and the effects are starting to be seen. Example river Mara which is home to the annual wildebeest migration is threatened of drying up because the mau forest has been degraded a lot and politicians have not spared it either. The riparian forests and vegetation along river have been cleared at an alarming rate that the rates of eutrophication are self evident with the water hyacinth increasing coverage on lake Victoria. This is because the gallery forests that used to trap the sediments are no longer their. Forests are a habitat to wild animals like the black and white colobus monkey, but it is a sad story when you visit Saiwa swamp national park, the forest coverage is so small, that the whole forest has been fenced to reduce a possible human wild life conflict. The onus is on you and me to reduce the impacts on the forests and promote sustainable development.OPTIMIZATION AND NOT MAXIMIZATION IS THE KEY.