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Mara River and Serengeti National Park

The Mara River is an important feature for both the Maasai Mara Natural Reserve and Serengeti National Park, integral conservation zones for some of East Africa’s remaining iconic species. The Lower Mara River snakes its way through the north and

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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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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