06-05-08 KENYA STONE QUARRY (19 images)

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Workers dig in an unregulated quarry for stones to be used for construction outside of Nairobi, Kenya. A building and construction boom has shot up the demand for building materials, leading to high demand for building stones, ballast and sand. A delay in the review of a Kenyan mining Act has led to the proliferation of new and unregulated quarrying activities in forrest areas and private farm land. According to the National Environmental Management Authority (Nema), of the hundreds of...
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