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World Wetlands Day: Joining Hands to Save Lamu’s Mangroves

Coastal wetlands are facing unprecedented levels of degradation, heightened by climate change effects, rising human population and high poverty levels. On Africa’s East Coast, the […]

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Leaving No One Behind: Wetlands Action for People and Nature

With droughts and flooding becoming more severe and frequent in parts of Africa because of climate change, the need for social inclusion in water resources […]

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Wetlands and Nature take centre stage at Glasgow climate talks

Growing realisation that without enabling nature to recover, including wetlands, there is no 1.5C future COP26 was very much the Nature COP   With nature and water firmly in the COP26 agenda, nature’s […]

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Sio-Siteko: Making Steps to Implement Transboundary Wetland Management Plan

Aidah Nabwire, a mother of six, has over the years watched with dread the negative effect of human activities in her home in Busia, Uganda. […]

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Mitigating Conflict to Safeguard Rufiji’s Mangroves

Pastoralists normally require large areas to move their livestock according to seasons, ecology and weather changes. In some areas where the livestock population exceeds the […]

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Restoring Rufiji Mangroves: Steady Steps, Mega Dreams

As we celebrate World Mangroves Day today, we take stock of the small but sure and steady steps we have made since 2018 towards restoring […]

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Maimuna and Mangroves: Women, Wetlands and Role in Conservation

The connections between women and wetlands, and the role they play in conservation cannot be ignored. But then, how important is it? In search for […]