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World Service,20 May 1998,27 mins

Wangari Maathai

World Lectures

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Wangari Maathai is the founder of the tree planting campaign, The Green Belt Movement. Here she talks about the link between deforestation and poverty. Picture: Dr. Wangari Muta Maathai, Credit: Getty Images

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