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Climate crisis looms as mangrove cover drops to unprecedented levels

Riziki Bwanake (right) at a degraded mangrove area in Kipini, Kilifi County. [Caroline Chebet, Standard]

Standing on the ruins of a once affluent beach hotel at Kipini, Riziki Bwanake can barely tell where the last structure of the expansive facility stood.

Only the debris that have been recently washed away into the sea tell the story of a village whose shoreline has been eroding over the years.

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