The Mau Forest, in Kenya’s Rift Valley, is the country’s biggest freshwater catchment area, feeding 12 rivers, and providing water for 30 percent of its people. Thousands live there too, many of them on land provided by the government. But deforestation due to the growing settlement has strained the water supply – a dangerous imbalance for a country wracked by drought. Source: AFP

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