Saving Kenya's 'Water Towers' - FT.com
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Aug 19, 2011: In East Africa 12.4 million people are suffering terrible drought. Katrina Manson, East Africa correspondent, visits a project in the Aberdare National Park in Kenya which aims to stop deforestation. The mountain forests are known as 'water towers' and they are an essential ecosystem that feed water to everything from hydroelectric power stations to Nairobi's domestic water supply.
Visit the Financial Times at: http://www.ft.com/video for more news on the situation in Nairobi, Kenya and other developments on the African continent.
Aug 19, 2011: In East Africa 12.4 million people are suffering terrible drought. Katrina Manson, East Africa correspondent, visits a project in the Aberdare National Park in Kenya which aims to stop deforestation. The mountain forests are known as 'water towers' and they are an essential ecosystem that feed water to everything from hydroelectric power stations to Nairobi's domestic water supply.