Silviculture

Silviculture
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When I walked by the tea factory I had noticed that they had piles and piles of logs stacked up ready to be used for something. Apparently the factory burns wood to dry the tea leaves and they were originally getting their wood from the forest. Unfortunately for them (and fortunately for Mother Nature) the Kenyan government setup Mount Kenya and the surrounding forest as a national park so the logging was reduced (though apparently not totally eliminated) so for this reason (among others) they began a program of silviculture. I do not know the name of this tree but it apparently had a phenomenal growth rate (I was told these trees were 2-3 years old) and was grown and used for burning but also for many of the houses in the more rural areas.