When We Plant Trees, We Plant The

The Issue Of Carbon Is One Area Where We Really Need To Work Together And If People Don't Have The Technology They Need, That Technology Needs To Be Made Available And Affordable.

For Me Planting A Tree Is A Very Doable Thing. It's Not Complicated, It Doesn't Require Technology, It Doesn't Require Much Knowledge, But It Can Be A Very Important Entry Point Into Communities Understanding How They Destroy Their Own Resources, But How They Can Also Restore Those Resources, And Not Wait For Their Government Or International Agencies To Come And Help Them.

It's A Matter Of Life And Death For This Country. The Kenyan Forests Are Facing Extinction And It Is A Man-made Problem.

I Stand Before You And The World Humbled By This Recognition And Uplifted By The Honour Of Being The 2004 Nobel Peace Laureate. As The First African Woman To Receive This Prize, I Accept It On Behalf Of The People Of Kenya And Africa, And Indeed The World. I Am Especially Mindful Of Women And The Girl Child. I Hope It Will Encourage Them To Raise Their Voices And Take More Space For Leadership.

The Government Of Qatar, As I Mentioned, Has Proposed To Come And Lease Kenya's Tana River Delta In Order To Farm There. What I Am Not Sure Of Is, Has An Environmental Impact Assessment Been Made To Ensure That Exploiting This Delta For Agricultural Activities Is The Best Way We Can Use The Delta?we Must Be Concerned About The Long-term Impact Of Agricultural Activities In The Delta.