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Some of the most targeted tree species by loggers include: East African Pencil Cedar (Juniperus procera), Wild olive (Olea europaea), East African Rosewood (Hagenia abyssinica), East African Camphor wood (Ocotea usambarensis), Newtonia buchananii, East African Yellow-wood (Podocarpus spp), Olea capensis and Meru Oak (Vitex keniensis).

Logging and firewood demands have been a major environmental threat leading to loss of canopy in the Mount Kenya forests and weakening the mountain ecosystem

Increase in logging is driven by the increasing need for timber to support domestic, construction and industrial purposes

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