Audio By Vocalize Imenti Forest in Meru County. [Courtesy] There is a particular kind of helplessness that comes when you stand at the edge of a forest and watch heavy machinery move in. The trees are still standing. Birds are still calling. Life continues around you. Yet a decision has been made that this living ecosystem must give way. For environmental defenders, that is when we turn to the courts. We do so because the Constitution gives us hope. It recognises the right to a clean and healthy environment and gives citizens the right to seek judicial protection when that…