Kenyan authorities wanted to relocate it to make way for a four lane, 17 mile highway funded by a Chinese corporation.

肯亞當局希望將其搬遷，以便為一條由中國公司出資修建的四車道、17英里長的高速公路讓路。

But Wednesday Kenya's president Uhuru Kenyatta issued in order to save the tree, declaring at a beacon of Kenya's cultural and ecological heritage.

但週三肯亞總統烏胡魯-肯雅塔為了拯救這棵樹，在肯亞文化和生態遺產的烽火臺上發表了。

Environmentalists had been campaigning against the planned destruction of the tree.

環保人士一直在開展運動，反對有計劃地破壞這棵樹。

Elizabeth Wa Tooty is a prominent Kenyan environmental activist.

伊麗莎白-瓦-托蒂是肯亞著名的環保活動家。

This decision today gives me hope that activism works when it comes to protecting our environment and our green spaces.

今天的這一決定給我帶來了希望，當涉及到保護我們的環境和綠地時，行動主義是有效的。

This particular victory is just a symbol off the bigger picture of what we're asking for.

這場特殊的勝利只是我們所要求的更大範圍內的一個象徵。

We want a green and clean city, a green and clean Kenya that is also climate resilient and this means that we cannot afford to sacrifice our green spaces for anything including development.

我們希望有一個綠色和清潔的城市，一個綠色和清潔的肯亞，同時也是一個具有氣候適應力的城市，這意味著我們不能為了任何事情包括髮展而犧牲我們的綠色空間。