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    "id": 1552722,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1552722/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "The Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Climate Change and Forestry",
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    "content": "These regulations prohibit charcoal production in ecologically sensitive areas and impose strict guidelines on packaging and labelling to enhance transparency and traceability within the charcoal market. (6) To enhance community involvement in forest conservation; the Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Forestry will unveil a 24-hour toll-free number for reporting illegal forest activities, including logging and illegal charcoal burning. This initiative encourages citizens to actively participate in safeguarding forest resources by reporting suspicious activities. (7) The Ministry has held a series of community sensitisation meetings in illegal logging and charcoal producing areas to promote forest conservation and management under the Participatory Forest Management Arrangements. (See Annex 8) (8) The Ministry has also undertaken fencing of 1,190 kilometres of public forests in this financial year, 2024/2025. (9) The Ministry has promoted controlled grazing through grazing plants across the forest stations. (10) The Ministry, through KFS, has an elaborate fire management plan which entails establishment of smoke detection system, digital radio communication and supply of firefighting equipment. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, on reforestation efforts, the Ministry is spearheading the National Landscape and Ecosystem Restoration Strategy and is actively participating in the 15 billion tree growing national initiative in partnership with partners, stakeholders and county governments. The exercise restores degraded ecosystems while boosting climate resilience. In the 15 billion tree growing initiative, every county has an obligation to grow a given number of trees over the next 10 years. To ensure production of quality tree seedlings, certified seeds are sourced from the authorized seed provider, the Kenya Forestry Research Institute (KEFRI) for quality assurance. The Ministry, through KFS and other agencies such as KEFRI, is raising tree seedlings in tree nurseries and offering technical advice to community forest associations, timber manufacturers association, farmers and other stakeholders on good tree nursery practices to ensure quality seedlings production. Through KFS, active reforestation is being undertaken in gazetted forest areas. On the other hand, technical support is being provided to support tree planting in private farmlands and community forests. Reforestation within plantation areas is a continuous programme and conforms to the plantation forest management plans to replant the open areas created after harvesting. This is annexure 10. Sensitizing the public on species-to-site matching ensures that the public plants the right tree species in their suitable ecological zones, thus enhancing survival and growth of the planted trees. The species-site matching is also outlined in the Jaza-Miti Application, an online tree planting reporting platform. This is annexure 11. Provision of advice on optimal tree planting time based on metrological weather forecast is routinely conducted and strengthening governance in participatory forest management. The development of frameworks and guidelines on economic alternatives for communities, such as commercialization of non-forest products. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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