Residents plant mangroves at Tudor Creek in Mombasa. [File, Standard]
Environmental stakeholders and youth groups in Mombasa have intensified efforts to restore mangroves along Tudor Creek.
Through a large-scale tree planting initiative, the stakeholders say the effort would combat coastal degradation and create livelihoods for local communities.
The environmentalists face challenges where tree-growing is threatened by the effects of urbanisation.
Officials of a conservation group, Brain Youth Group, said they grapple with the theft of mangroves for construction and fuel, including firewood used to make chang'aa within the forest.
