New book to be published: “Forest Politics in Kenya’s Tugen Hills”, by Léa Lacan

The book “Forest Politics in Kenya’s Tugen Hills: Conservation Beyond Natural Resources in the Katimok Forest” written by Léa Lacan will be published in July 2024. It explores historical and contemporary human-sylvan relations in the Katimok forest in the Baringo Highlands, Kenya, and analyses forest politics beyond issues of access and control of natural resources, anchored in intimate relations with the land and the trees.

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