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Mount Kenya is an internationally significant protected area inscribed in 1997 by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. The World Heritage Commission recognised Mount Kenya as "one of the most impressive landscapes of Eastern Africa. To the people of Kenya it holds immense cultural value and is a vital and irreplaceable lifeline. The forest zone is the largest remaining in Kenya and its ecosystem as a whole plays a critical role in water catchment for two main rivers in the country, the Tana and Ewaso Ngiro. Millions of Kenyan's depend directly on these rivers for their livelihoods. The Tana also supplies over 55% of Kenya's power to the national grid. Mount Kenya's forests are under extreme threat from human induced illegal activities such as extensive poaching of wildlife, devastating logging of indigenous tree species, charcoal production, over-grazing, and large scale growing of marijuana. We concentrate preservation efforts at the field level for maximum impact while fencing critical forest areas in order to minimise human-wildlife conflict.
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