Tuesday, 23 December 2025

#540: A thorny problem

Kenya's Samburu county has marginal land which is prone to desertification

To try to keep it in place, they decided to introduce a thorny tree called mathenge (also known as mesquite).

This article looks at what happened next.

Mathenge was planted... and got a little out of control.


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