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Importance

This sector is the main support of several sectors, namely, agriculture, health and sanitation apart from producing major sources of energy (firewood and charcoal) and all other materials required in industry. The county has large forest cover of approximately 32% which is above the required national requirement of 10%. The forest ecosystem has more than 16 rivers supplying water to various parts of the county.

Challenges

The current forest resources are facing danger of extinction due to excessive deforestation and encroachment from stttlementsrespecially in Embobut forests, there is a lot of pollution takrng place espe iclly in the rfvers and other ripari n reserves and the Escarpmen s have also been ovtr-cultivated and have become seritus -ites of disaster through frequent landslides that have killed residents and retderad others homeless.