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Source to Sea: Ambitious Collaborative Partnership to Safeguard and Restore Eastern Africa’s Wetlands

Wetlands International in partnership with the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) is bringing together stakeholders from Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania on an ambitious initiative […]

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Tragedy of the Commons: Is All Lost for Kimana Wetland?

In Kenya, the late ‘80s and ‘90s were a crowning moment for environmentalists and environmentalism. Their voices rang across the world and helped stem poaching […]

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Rise of Okom: Restoring Uganda’s Aswa Basin

Globally, climate change has largely been recognised as human-induced with ecosystems degradation as one of the major impacts. Well maintained ecosystems aid to lower disaster […]

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Tanzania Chapter for Mangrove Restoration Network Mooted

In many parts of the world, mangrove ecosystems including the Western Indian Ocean (WIO) region have been lost or degraded mainly due to human activities. According […]

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Wetlands International Lauds Tanzania’s Ambitious Mangrove Restoration Efforts

The Government of Tanzania has cemented its commitment to conserve and restore mangroves by approving a revised Management Plan, Harvesting Plan and Harvesting Guidelines for […]

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Restoration from Bottom-Up: Entarara Springs Eternal

For the better part of the year, parts of the Loitoktok earth in Kenya’s Kajiado County are hot and parched. But when it rains, it […]

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Building Community Resilience against Climate Change

Most parts of Kenya’s Laikipia and Kajiado counties are semi-arid. In the old days, these were sparsely populated stomping grounds for wildlife and the pastoralist […]

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Kajiado Ecosystem Atlas for Sustainable Conservation and Management of Athi Basin

Kajiado Ecosystem Atlas is an open access platform that supports decisions related to sustainable conservation and management of the Athi Basin with a focus on […]

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Green Borders for Sango Bay-Minziro Transboundary Wetland

Kyebe Sub County in Kyotera District, Central Uganda, harbours massive flood plains located in the low-lying areas along the shores of the pale blue waters […]

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Uganda, DR Congo, Tanzania Sign Memoranda to Manage Transboundary Wetlands for Nile Basin

The Governments of Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Tanzania have signed Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) for the management of Semliki Delta and […]