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WWF report calls forests a vital public health solution

During the pandemic, as researchers looked to wet markets and the animal trade in search of the source of COVID-19, there was a renewed concern for how the natural world might be impacting public health. An increasing number of experts and government officials pointed to agriculture, urbanization and other forms of land use change as […]

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'We have history': Saving Kenya's last sacred forests

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KILIFI COUNTY, Kenya (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Wearing a crown of cowry shells and traditional regalia, Hillary Mwatsuma intoned a prayer to the ancestors who have been laid to rest in Kaya Kauma, one of 45 sacred forested villages scattered along Kenya’s southern coast, since the 16th century.
The thick canopy encircling the ancient kayas, or villages, once shielded the Mijikenda community against attacks from enemy tribes, until the residents moved downhill into nearby villages in the 1940s.
Today, the 200km (124 miles) of kaya forests are protected as the ancestral homes of the Mijikenda, while the trees help the community escape the worst effects of climate change, such as flooding and landslides.

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'We have history': Saving Kenya's last sacred forests

The Mijikenda people protect the forests along Kenya's coast, but pollution from quarrying could force the guardians to leave

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FEATURE-'We have history': Saving Kenya's last sacred forests

* Ancient forested villages stretch along 200km of Kenya's coast * Nearby mines feed a huge state-sponsored infrastructure project * Local fishermen say quarry waste is affected their catches By Federica Marsi KILIFI COUNTY, Kenya, June 10 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - W earing a crown of cowry shells and traditional regalia, Hillary Mwatsuma intoned a prayer to the ancestors who have been laid to rest in Kaya Kauma, one of 45 sacred forested villages scattered along Kenya's southern coast, since the 16th century.

South-sudan , Jaribuni , Coast , Kenya , Kaya-kauma , United-states , Lamu , Ndzovuni , Kilifi , Uganda , Ethiopia , Muhoni

'We have history': Saving Kenya's last sacred forests

Wearing a crown of cowry shells and traditional regalia, Hillary Mwatsuma intoned a prayer to the ancestors who have been laid to rest in Kaya Kauma, one of 45 sacred forested villages scattered along Kenya's southern coast, since the 16th century.

South-sudan , Jaribuni , Coast , Kenya , Kaya-kauma , United-states , Lamu , Ndzovuni , Kilifi , Uganda , Ethiopia , Muhoni