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A KWS ranger stands guard on a tree stump during a tree planting session at the Kaptunga station of the Mau Forest complex in the Kenyan Rift Valley
15 Jan 2010
Source: Reuters
 
A Kenyan Wildlife Service (KWS) ranger stands guard on a tree stump during a tree planting session at the Kaptunga station of the Mau Forest complex in the Kenyan Rift Valley, January 15, 2010. Kenya's coalition government launched a tree planting exercise after relocating about 20,000 families from the Mau forest, the country's biggest closed-canopy forest and a vital water catchment area. REUTERS/Noor Khamis (KENYA - Tags: ENVIRONMENT POLITICS SOCIETY)
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