Kenya IN PICTURES: Scenes of devastation from the Mau Forest
15/09/09
A few days ago Plant Talk reported from the Mau Forest in Kenya as the Kenyan Government in, partnership with UNEP, appealed for funds to help save their largest forest. These photos show exactly why that appeal was made: this is forest degradation on a huge scale, threatening not only the plants and animals but also the human inhabitants.
All photos courtesy of Christian Lambrechts, UNEP.
Cleared forest results in a patchwork effect across the landscape
Extensively cleared forest after years of encroachment
A hillside showing smoke rising through the trees
Forest being cleared using fire
The sad result of forest fires
Much of the 400,000 hectares of the Mau is damaged
A settler burns the trees to grow cabbages and other crops