Geodata journalism. Mapping stories on water issues in the Nile Basin.
Geodata journalism. Mapping stories on water issues in the Nile Basin.
In East Africa, young people have risen up to help their communities combat and adapt to climate change, innovating solutions around reforestation, clean energy, circular economies and sustainable agriculture and much more.
Fishers contribute to “direct littering of plastics within the lakes by throwing drinking water bottles within the lakes when they go fishing and also the disposal plastic floats which they embed on the nets for fishing.”
It was not too long ago that drought led to highly divergent impacts between Somalia and Ethiopia. In 2010-2011, a devastating drought led to more than 260,000 deaths beyond normal levels of expected mortality in Somalia. Yet almost no one died in Ethiopia after a severe drought in 2015
The disappearance of the forests today has forced many valuable wildlife, such as elephants, giraffes, rhinos, and pythons to migrate due to massive deforestation. This has contributed to a loss of biodiversity.
Groundwater is one of the most important sources of drinking water for people, livestock, and wildlife watering in the Nile Basin, with over 70 percent of the region’s rural population depending on it.
Since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, livelihoods and agricultural production have been significantly disrupted, forcing many people from their homes in search of food.
The weather department notes that most parts of the country are likely to experience rain onset between the fourth week of October and the second week of November 2022. However, some parts of the country including Highlands West of the Rift Valley are expected to continue receiving rainfall.
A recent study highlighted the widespread presence of PFAS in rainwater, from the Tibetan Plateau to Antarctica, and noted that according to recently published health advisories, rainwater everywhere could be considered unsafe to drink.
The Mau Forest’s 380,000 hectares have witnessed a long and tormented history of human habitation. It’s a territory hotly contested.
The Egyptian government is fighting tooth and nail to switch to modern irrigation nationwide as one of the ways to respond to numerous water challenges, but this remains an uphill task.
The Water Harvesting project in Sudan was hoped to be a panacea for many political problems associated with the scarcity of resources and services in the countryside and dry areas.
In July 1989, the Kenyan Government made historical international news headlines by burning seized wildlife products. At least 12 tonnes of ivory went up in flames, a signal that the government is committed to stamping out elephant and rhino poaching.
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