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The Great Land Migration and the Mara River

Every year over 2,000,000 animals travel almost 3,000 kilometers between the Masai Mara Natural Reserve in Kenya and the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania every year. This is known as the great migration and is one of the biggest in number of

Posted in communities, ecosystems, environment, information, Mara River basin, natural resources, non-river resources, SELVA, Serengeti, Tanzania, water resources, wildlife

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…

Posted in basin management, communities, database, ecosystems, environment, information, Lake Victoria, Mara River basin, network analysis, scale, SELVA, Serengeti, sustainable water, Tanzania, water resources, water security