Africa

Kenyan farmers are 'tree hopping'

Men from the Ogiek community harvest honey in Mount Elgon game reserve, where they have reached an agreement with the government allowing them to remain in their ancestral lands in western Kenya, April 26, 2016. REUTERS/Katy Migiro - D1AETEYQEOAB

Kenyan law prohibits the felling of trees without a permit, even on private farms. Image: REUTERS/Katy Migiro

Kagondu Njagi
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A group of young men transport uprooted trees from Samuel Rono’s farm in Kerita village, southern Kenya, onto a waiting truck. The trees will be transplanted to another location. August 28, 2018. Image: Thomson Reuters Foundation/Kagondu Njagi
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 Mature trees are transported from Samuel Rono’s farm in Kerita village, southern Kenya. The trees will be transplanted at another location. August 28, 2018.
Mature trees are transported from Samuel Rono’s farm in Kerita village, southern Kenya. The trees will be transplanted at another location. August 28, 2018. Image: Thomson Reuters Foundation/Kagondu Njagi
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