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Prof Wangari Maathai upon her arrival at the Elysee palace, 25 October 2007 in Paris, on the last day of "Grenelle de l'Environnement" talks, aimed at kick-starting a green revolution in France. AFP PHOTO / OLIVIER LABAN-MATTEI
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A card attached to a tree next to the historic post put up by The National Council of Women of Kenya at Uhuru Park grounds in Nairobi in honor of Nobel Peace Laureate Prof Wangari Maathai's efforts in environmental conservation and democracy. Photo/BILLY MUTAI/NATION
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Prof Wangari Maathai is carried out of the Nairobi High Court after she fainted while testifying against the people she accused of beating her up at the Karura forest in 1999. AFP PHOTO/STRINGER
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A picture taken in April 1999 shows Wangari Maathai (L) challenging hired security people in the Karura Forest, in the Kenyan Capital Nairobi, during a Green Belt Movement operation aimed to plant trees. Prof Maathai won the Nobel Peace Prize on October 8, 2004, becoming the first African woman to be awarded the prestigious prize since it was first handed out in 1901. Maathai, who served as Kenyan Assistant Minister for the Environment since 2003, founded the Green Belt Movement in 1977, the largest tree planting project in Africa, aimed at promoting biodiversity and at the same time creating jobs and giving women a stronger identity in society. AFP PHOTO / FILES SIMON MAINA
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A picture taken in April 1999 shows Kenya's Wangari Maathai (L) challenging hired security people at the Karura Forest, in Nairobi during a Green Belt Movement operation aimed to plant trees. AFP PHOTO / FILES SIMON MAINA
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Picture dated 6 January 2003 of Kenyan government minister Wangari Maathai during her swearing-in ceremony. AFP PHOTO/SIMON MAINA
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Former South African President Nelson Mandela shakes hands with Wangari Maathai in Johannesburg in 2005. Photo/AFP/FILE
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US President Barack Obama (left), his wife Michelle (right) and Prof Wangari Maathai (centre) at Uhuru Park, Nairobi in August 2006. Mr Obama, who was the then Illinois Senator, visited Kenya as part of a tightly scripted four-country tour in Africa to raise awareness for AIDS and to reconnect with his roots. Photo/FILE
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Former talk show host Oprah Winfrey (R) and Kenyan Environmentalist Wangari Maathai (L) during a Tree Planting & Dedication ceremony commemorating the two-day "Be the Change" leadership conference addressed by both women at the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls in Henley-on-Klip, outside Johannesburg, November 25, 2008. Photo/FILE
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Chairman's award recipients former US Vice President Al Gore and Kenya's Wangari Maathai pose at the 40th Annual NAACP Image Awards at the Shrine auditorium in Los Angeles February 12, 2009. The NAACP was celebrating 100 years. Photo/FILE
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Former US Vice President Al Gore applauds Kenya's Wangari Maathai after both were presented with the Chairman's award at the 40th Annual NAACP Image Awards at the Shrine auditorium in Los Angeles February 12, 2009. The NAACP Image Awards is a premier event that celebrates the outstanding achievements and performances of people of color in the arts as well as those individuals or groups who promote social justice. Photo/FILE
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Former US Vice President Al Gore speaks, as Kenya's Wangari Maathai watches, after they were presented with the Chairman's award at the 40th Annual NAACP Image Awards at the Shrine auditorium in Los Angeles February 12, 2009. Photo/FILE
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Nobel peace prize laureate and the founding chair of the green belt movement Prof.Wangari Maathai during her conferment ceremony by the ambassador of Japan Kenya Shigeo Iwatani (left) in Nairobi on May 22, 2009. Looking on is the ambassador's wife Yuko Iwatani. PHOTO/ FAITH NJUGUNA
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Nobel peace prize laureate and the founding chair of the green belt movement Prof. Wangari Maathai during her conferment ceremony by the ambassador of Japan to Kenya Shigeo Iwatani (left) in Nairobi on May 22, 2009. The government of Japan offered the conferment of its highest decoration, the 'Grand cordon of the order of the rising sun' to Prof. Maathai for her efforts in environment conservation. PHOTO/ FAITH NJUGUNA
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Nobel peace prize laureate and the founding chair of the green belt movement Prof.Wangari Maathai during her conferment ceremony by the ambassador of Japan to Kenya Shigeo Iwatani (left) in Nairobi on May 22, 2009. PHOTO/ FAITH NJUGUNA
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Nobel peace prize laureate and the founding chair of the green belt movement Prof.Wangari Maathai during her conferment ceremony by the ambassador of Japan to Kenya Shigeo Iwatani (right) in Nairobi on May 22, 2009. PHOTO/ FAITH NJUGUNA
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Nobel peace prize laureate and the founding chair of the green belt movement Prof Wangari Maathai, Foreign Affairs Minister Moses Wetangula (centre) and Forestry Minister Noah Wekesa chatting during her conferment ceremony at the residence of Japan's ambassador to Kenya Shigeo Iwatani's in Nairobi on May 22, 2009. The government of Japan offered the conferment of its highest decoration, the 'Grand cordon of the order of the rising sun," to her. PHOTO/ FAITH NJUGUNA
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Vice president Kalonzo Musyoka (centre), Founder of the Green Belt Movement Wangari Maathai (right) and Agriculture ministry PS Romano Kiome at the World Congress of Agroforestry on August 25, 2009. Photo/JENNIFER MUIRURI(NAIROBI)
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This file photo taken on December 16, 2009 shows France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (R) welcoming Kenyan 2004 Peace Nobel Price winner Wangari Maathai (L) prior to a lunch with Central Africa forests Commission head of States at the Elysee Palace in Paris. AFP PHOTO / FILES / ERIC FEFERBERG
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Nobel Peace Prize laureate Wangari Maathai of Kenya attends the opening of the United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009, also known as COP15, at the Bella center in Copenhagen December 7, 2009. Photo/FILE
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Nobel Laurete Wangari Maathai and former KNCHR vice chairman Hassan Omar during a joint press briefing regarding threats issued to human rights activists in 2009. Photo/FILE
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Prime Minister Raila Odinga (right), IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Khan (left) and Nobel Peace Laureate Wangari Maathai after the debate on March 8, 2010. Photo/HEZRON NJOROGE
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Nobel Laureate Wangari Maathai (right) and Ugandan Information minister Kabakumba Masiko at the conference on March 18, 2010. Photo/HEZRON NJOROGE
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His Highness The Aga Khan (right) speaks to Nobel Laureate Wangari Maathai outside the KICC on Thursday. Looking on is Prime Minister Raila Odinga (left) and other delegates on March 18, 2010. Photo/FREDRICK ONYANGO
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Former Mozambique President Joachim Chissano (second from left), Nobel Laureate Wangari Maathai (right), businessman Chris Kirubi and other delegates outside the KICC on on March 18, 2010. Photo/FREDRICK ONYANGO
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Norwegian Ambassador to Kenya Per Ludrig Magnus signs a condolence book on September 27, 2011 for Kenyan Nobel Peace Prize laureate Wangari Maathai at the Green Belt offices in Nairobi. AFP PHOTO / SIMON MAINA
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Coast designer and artist Zuber Bakrani makes final touches to the portrait of the late Prof Wangari Maathai on September 27, 2011. It will be placed at the Treasury Square for members of the public to pay their tribute. Photo/GIDEON MAUNDU/NATION
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A convoy escorts the hearse on Valley road towards Uhuru Park, Nairobi for Prof Wangari Maathai's funeral service on October 8, 2011. The procession then proceeded to the Kariokor Crematorium for a private ceremony attended only by family members. Photo/STEPHEN MUDIARI
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Prof Wangari Maathai's hearse at Freedom Corner, Uhuru Park in Nairobi on October 8, 2011. Photo/STEPHEN MUDIARI.
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Prime Minister Raila Odinga hugs Deputy PM Uhuru Kenyatta during Prof Wangari Maathai's funeral at The Freedom Corner, Uhuru Park, Nairobi October 8, 2011. Photo/STEPHEN MUDIARI
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Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta (left) during Prof Wangari Maathai's funeral at The Freedom Corner, Uhuru Park, Nairobi October 8, 2011. Photo/STEPHEN MUDIARI
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President Mwai Kibaki, Prime Minister Raila Odinga and Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka during Wangari Maathai's funeral at Freedom Corner, Uhuru Park in Nairobi on October 8, 2011. Photo/STEPHEN MUDIARI
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Anna Tibaijuka during the funeral service at Freedom Corner, Uhuru Park in Nairobi on October 8, 2011. PHOTO/STEPHEN MUDIARI
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The hearse leaves Freedom Corner, Uhuru Park on October 8, 2011. Photo/STEPHEN MUDIARI
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The hearse leaves Freedom Corner, Uhuru Park on October 8, 2011. Photo/STEPHEN MUDIARI
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The hearse leaves Freedom Corner, Uhuru Park on October 8, 2011. Photo/STEPHEN MUDIARI
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Traffic at a standstill in Nairobi as the hearse is escorted to Kariokor on October 8, 2011. Photo/STEPHEN MUDIARI
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Traffic at a standstill in Nairobi as the hearse is escorted to Kariokor on October 8, 2011. Photo/STEPHEN MUDIARI
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