Nairobi – Kenyan environmentalist Dr Isaac Kalua Green has challenged governments, corporations, and climate campaigns to move beyond merely counting trees planted and instead measure their actual survival rates. Green, Chief Steward of the Green Africa Foundation, made this call after presenting his new book, Come Back and Check, to Prince Albert II of Monaco at the Prince’s Palace. The meeting also served to renew a two-decade partnership between the Green Africa Foundation and the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation. Both organisations will explore broader cooperation on climate action, conservation, biodiversity, and community livelihoods across Africa. Green explained that his new book’s central argument is straightforward: tree planting is only the initial step, and climate claims must be substantiated by evidence of survival. “For years, we have measured our progress by what we plant on the day of planting, not by what is still standing when no one is watching,” Green stated. He urged the Kenyan government and other governments to verify previous planting efforts before announcing new targets. “My appeal to the Kenyan government, and to governments everywhere, is simple: come back and check what you planted before you announce what you plan to plant next,” he said. In Come Back and Check, Green applies the same rigorous scrutiny to his own Plant Your Age campaign, whic...
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