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Kenya issues smart ID cards to protect fishing and forests

Kenya Forest

Lamu, KenyaThomson Reuters Foundation Fishing communities on Kenya’s north coast will be the first to benefit from “smart” identity cards aimed at distinguishing genuine fishermen and loggers from poachers who raid waters and cut down mangroves vital to ease climate change threats. Each government-issued Mvuvi card – the word means “fisher” in Swahili – features […]