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A rainstorm moves over the Mara River, Serengeti, Tanzania.

To Improve Water Management, Start Local

July 17, 2019
Owen Scott
Fernanda Zermoglio
Blog Post
Rivers are the world’s main source of clean drinking water, and their economic and environmental value are fundamental to the health of people and...
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Keywords: 
adaptation, biodiversity, ecosystems, resilience, sustainable landscapes, water
Geography: 
Africa
SWP Team Leader Gordon Mumbo stands on a small bridge over a river.

“The River Belongs to the People”

March 28, 2019
Global Waters
Blog Post
Gordon Mumbo grew up in the small village of Kamuga, in Kenya’s Kisumu County. Year after year, he watched as frequent floods from one of Kenya’s...
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Keywords: 
adaptation, agriculture, biodiversity, ecosystems, food security, forest/forestry, sustainable landscapes, water
Geography: 
Africa
Group inspects tree seedlings, Upper Imenti Forest, Kenya

Thinking in tomorrow

March 26, 2019
The CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry
Blog Post
“My interest in tree planting started when I was very young, when I used to go with my mum to plant trees in the forest, as part of the shamba system...
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Keywords: 
forest/forestry, land use, sustainable landscapes
Geography: 
Africa
The Mara River flowing through the Mara wetlands in Tanzania.

Safeguarding Water in the ‘Eighth Wonder of the World’

January 30, 2019
Owen Scott and Fernanda Zermoglio
Blog Post
The Mara River winds for nearly 14 thousand kilometers from the Mau forest in Kenya to Lake Victoria in Tanzania. It supports huge wildlife...
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Keywords: 
adaptation, agriculture, biodiversity, forest/forestry, resilience, water
Geography: 
Africa
RALI blog

Quantifying Benefits from Large-Scale Wind Power: A New Case Study in Kenya

February 13, 2017
Pamela Cookson
Blog Post
Kenya’s single largest private investment in history is the Lake Turkana Wind Power Project —the largest wind farm on the continent. Quantifying the...
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Keywords: 
clean energy, climate policy, health, infrastructure, low emission development strategies, mitigation, private-sector engagement
Geography: 
Africa
Fishing boat on Lake Turkana, Kenya

Ethiopia and Kenya Suffer Worst Drought in Decades

February 4, 2016
Katherine Cunningham
News Summary
USAID announced (1/31) $97 million in emergency assistance to Ethiopia, to address a humanitarian crisis resulting from extreme floods and drought,...
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Keywords: 
adaptation, agriculture, climate change integration, development donors, food security, migration
Geography: 
Africa