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Saving water towers: Aberdare and Mt Kenya forests face combination of odds

A logger uses a power saw to harvest timber from a mature tree inside Kabaru forest which covers 13,349 acres. A section of the residents blame the Kenya Forest Services for their greed in distributing the land for cultivation which is partly to blame for the deforestation of the Mt Kenya forest. This was during the interview inside Kabaru forest, inside Mt Kenya forest Nyeri county, January 18, 2018. [Mose Sammy, Standard]

Aberdare, Mt Kenya forests under attack from fires, projects and illegal loggers

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