Kenyan charcoal exported to Middle East -Survey
NAIROBI, 3 FEB 2003--A survey carried out on the destruction of the Aberdares revealed that a significant quantity of Kenya's charcoal exported to the Middle East, comes from the Range.

The survey carried out by the United Nations Environment Programme (Unep) and the Kenya Wildlife Society in 2002 revealed over 14,000 illegal charcoal kilns, some of which are the size of a factory.