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Planet Ark World Environment News - in partnership with Colonial First State A Woman Evicted From The Forest Holds Her Son Outside Their Makeshift Shelters In Kapkembu, The Outskirts Of The Mau Forest Complex In The Kenyan Rift Valley

Date: 20-Nov-09
Country: KENYA
Author: Noor Khamis

A Woman Evicted From The Forest Holds Her Son Outside Their Makeshift Shelters In Kapkembu, The Outskirts Of The Mau Forest Complex In The Kenyan Rift Valley Photo: Noor Khamis
Photo: Noor Khamis

A woman evicted from the forest holds her son outside their makeshift shelter in Kapkembu, the outskirts of the Mau Forest complex in the Kenyan Rift Valley, November 18, 2009.

Kenya's coalition government says it is vital to relocate some 20,000 families from the Mau forest, the country's biggest closed-canopy forest and a vital water catchment area. Picture taken 18 November.

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