The struggle to protect Kenya's last indigenous woodland

Wanton distraction of indegenous trees in Loita Forest using power saws in this taken in the forest Last week. [Photo/Courtesy]

A quiet devastation is unfolding in Loita Forest - one of Kenya's last indigenous woodlands and a cradle of Maasai heritage.

What was once a sacred refuge of towering trees, medicinal plants, and open grazing lands is now caught in a struggle between tradition and modern pressures.