How Kenyans help themselves and the planet by saving mangrove trees
Conserving the carbon-storing forests is good for the environment and village growth
Mwatime Hamadi, a tour guide at Gazi Ecotourism Ventures in Kenya, explains how dropping the propagule from her hand into the soil below will germinate a new mangrove plant.
G. KAMADI
On the fringe of Kenya’s Gazi village, 50 kilometers south of Mombasa, Mwatime Hamadi walks barefoot on a path of scorching-hot sand toward a thicket of trees that seem to float where the land meets the Indian Ocean.