'We Have History': Kenya's Last Sacred 'Kaya' Forests Need Saving From Rampant Mining

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	'We Have History': Kenya's Last Sacred 'Kaya' Forests Need Saving From Rampant Mining
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	2021-06-11
发布年	2021
语种	英语
国家	国际
领域	资源环境
正文(英文)	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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来源平台	Convention on Biological Diversity
文献类型	新闻
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/339338
专题	资源环境科学
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	admin. 'We Have History': Kenya's Last Sacred 'Kaya' Forests Need Saving From Rampant Mining. 2021.