Water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms) is an invasive aquatic macrophyte associated with major negative economic and ecological impacts. Although water hyacinth continues to cause serious disruptions in the use of water bodies in Kenya, the government has not promptly moved to contain ...
Waangari Maathai is a mother and a teacher, who started an environmental movement in Kenya that won her the Nobel Prize. Seeing the destruction of tree cover and springs in her community, she started an organization to plant trees and look after women’s rights. This became the Green-Belt ...
NAIROBI, Nov. 28 (Xinhua) -- Kenya must adopt innovative practices to promote sustainable management of inland fresh water, conservationists said on Wednesday, the final day of a three-day blue economy conference in Nairobi. Lillian Nyaega, program officer at Wetlands International, said that heal...
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water security for urban towns in Kenya through sustainable use of groundwater in the context of (1) complex hydrogeology and hydrogeochemistry, and (2) water access disparities which relates the source to the users who are an important consideration in sustainable groundwater supply and management....
In Kenya, large amounts of copper and nitrate are found in fresh water (Wayua, 2017). Water rich in sulphates can be found in the semi-arid rangelands of the western region USA, Minnesota’s groundwater, river waters in western Canada, and in SW China (Kun et al., 2017; Cammack ...
Using collected rainwater to irrigate fields may seem like an obvious, and easy, way to improve farming and conserve water. But, in Kenya, it is revolutionary — and vital. Based on criteria used by the UN and other bodies, the east African nation is technically “water scarce”: the amou...
The case of Safe Water Enterprises, from Kenya to Cambodia COVID-19 has put a break on the vast majority of businesses around the world. Logistical chains are broken, borders are closed, planes cannot fly, people can hardly move. This has created massive disruptions in many sectors, including...
Uganda is a landlocked nation in Eastern Africa. The Bududa District is located in the eastern region of the country, bordered by the Sironko District to the north, the Republic of Kenya to the east, the Manafwa District to the south, and the Mbale District to the west (see Figure 1)...
The Canary Islands, located in the Atlantic Ocean, are an archipelago of volcanic origin which, for decades, has been affected by natural fluoride contamination in the water supply of some of its islands, mainly the island of Tenerife. In addition, recen