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Fetching Water on a Saturday Morning

  On a typical Saturday morning in Miami, you can find children playing on the beach, in the yard, or on their tablet in the living room. On a typical Saturday morning in rural parts of the Mara River Basin in

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Back from the field teaser!

  The SELVA Florida International University-based team returned to Miami, Florida this month after weeks in the field visiting the Mara River Basin with their Tanzanian counterparts. SELVA’s field trip focus was to collect information about water users and water security

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Updated Facebook Page

SELVA has recently updated our Facebook page to include new photos from a field trip to Tanzania in Spring 2015. Please check out our page and like us! Feel free to leave us feedback about the photos and stories we have shared. Our website will be onli…

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The Initiative: Introduction

The SELVA Sustainable Water Initiative for the Mara River is just getting underway. We are funded through the MacArthur Foundation and administered through Florida International University. Our first year goals are to understand the Mara River basin as…

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