Kenya’s Innovative Way to Combat Deforestation

 

    Slingshots are typically used for hunting birds, but they have found a new use in Kenya which is for planting trees. The United Nations recommended that countries maintain 10% of their land's forest, and Kenya only has 7% of their forest. By creating seed balls, which are made of charcoal dust, cassava starch, and tree seeds, they are used as ammunition to hunt birds and as well to be left behind to break down and allows the seeds to create a tree. The seed balls are created in a coating to prevent animals from eating the seeds, which has affected their attempts at reforestation.

Sources:

“Kenyans Are Replanting Forests with Slingshots and Hot Air Balloons.” Global Citizen, 10 Sept. 2018, www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/kenya-tree-planting-reforestation/.