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Wangari Maathai
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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1998: How the World Sounded the Year You Were Born—Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Archive
Wangari Maathai on poverty, the history of tea and how to write a letter
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Archive
This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project
