4.7 chainsaw milling in kenya

kenya's forest resources kenya is internationally considered to have low forest cover since less than 10% of its 569,250-km 2 land area is classified as forest area (mEnr 2005). nevertheless, the forest sector provides forest-related goods and services and is a vital part of the livelihoods of the kenyan people. The forest's most significant contributions are energy for domestic and industrial processes, timber for construction and environmental services such as regulation of water flows, regulation of local climate conditions and provision of carbon reservoirs and sinks. it is estimated that 80% of the population uses biomass wood for energy while urban people rely heavily on hydro-electric power (l uvanda and muthike 2008).