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Mara River Basin is a Transboundary Basin

The Mara River Basin stretches across territory in Kenya and Tanzania making it a transboundary basin. There are more than 300 transboundary basins throughout the world. Many of these are shared by just two countries like the Mara. However, even

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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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