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People evicted from the forest gather to receive a donation of blankets in Kapkembu, the outskirts of the Mau Forest complex in the Kenyan Rift Valley
19 Nov 2009
Source: Reuters
 
People evicted from the forest gather to receive a donation of blankets 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. REUTERS/Noor Khamis (KENYA ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY)
REUTERS/NOOR KHAMIS


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