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Calls for protection of Dakatcha woodland

Dakatcha Woodland Group members in Magarini, Kilifi County. [Caroline Chebet, Standard]

From a distance, forests in Dakatcha in Magarini, Kilifi County, look serene and lush in rainy seasons.

In dry seasons, they form a mix of grey and green impenetrable thickets of Brachystegia and Cynometra trees that form part of the East African Coastal Forests Global Hotspot.

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