Children participate in tree planting in Narasha Forest, Baringo County, on December 13, 2024. [File, Standard] As we mark the International Day for Biological Diversity in 2025, this year’s theme of Harmony with Nature and Sustainable Development delivers both a timely reminder and a pressing challenge. It asks us to reconsider how we live, how we grow, and how we measure progress. At its heart lies a fundamental truth: there can be no sustainable development without thriving biodiversity. Biodiversity, the incredible variety of life on Earth, is not a distant concept confined to rainforests or coral reefs. It is the…