It's meant to deter illegal loggers and hunters as Kenya seeks to grow its forests and protect vital sources of water.

It's really important because it's stopping.

I mean, it's solving the conflict between the human and I'll drive Joseph Martin, who is the Abreu fence community manager at Rhino Ark Trust, a private conservation group.

It's employing electric fences to protect Kenya's mountain forests, key catchment areas for rain that feeds into rivers.

That's as the east African country aims to increase its forest cover from 7% of its land mass in 2015 to 10% by 2022 meeting a standard set by the United Nations.

But what of those who are already using the forest in a ballroom where the fence was first built in 2014?

Casita cousin is a member of the organic community, he says.

They depended on the forest for honey, wild fruits and meat.

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Ark says it works to deter hunting by focusing on honey and wild fruits, such as through teaching modern beekeeping protecting the trees could also help agriculture.

Deforestation can disturb local weather patterns, but farmer Joseph Karaoke says there's been more rain since the fence was put up.

You can now see it's green everywhere, meaning the environment has really changed.

Farmers like karaoke used to grow potatoes in the boreal forest, but have been relocated to adjacent lands.

Rhino, Ark estimates its fences protect around 1.4 million acres of Kenya's forests.