Forest bordering Kenya’s Masai Mara under threat
People living in the Nyakweri forest fight to protect it as charcoal traders move in
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Your support makes all the difference.Beyond the escarpment that marks the western boundary of Kenya’s Masai Mara National Reserve lies the Nyakweri Forest. An area of ancient primary growth trees, inhabited by people including the Masai, it is now being carved up into individual plots. In some, trees are being felled to make way for farms, or for charcoal. Some are trying to slow the destruction.
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