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This study assesses the interactions between land cover changes, climate trends, and soil erosion in driving changes in water levels of lakes in Kenya’s Great Rift Valley, focusing on Lake Baringo, Lake Bogoria, Lake Nakuru, Lake Elementaita, and Lake Naivasha.
An important recent publication by Palmer et al. 2023 focuses on the complex and highly variable rainfall patterns in Eastern Africa, exploring the drivers and impacts of rainfall variability on the region's ecosystem, economy, and human wellbeing.
(the latest SWOT YouTube video, discussing river discharge estimation from SWOT)The data are distributed through Hauteur des lacs et rivières – Data Terra | THEIA
The World Drought Atlas has been presented at the 16th Conference of the Parties (COP) of the UNCCD in Riyadh. The document was elaborated by the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) and the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), with the suppo
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Les inondations qui ont frappé l'est du Sénégal ont causé des dégâts considérables, avec plus de 56,000 personnes déplacées et des milliers d'hectares de terres cultivées ravagées. Les villages de la région de Bakel ont été particulièrement touchés, avec des maisons effondrées,
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PUBLICATION The ECOWAS Water Resources Management Center (WRMC) has obtained an allocation from the investment budget for the year 2024 to finance various works and intends to use part of this allocation to make payments in respect of Four Invitations to Bids for the constr
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Par Rémi BarrouxPublié le 16 juin 2014 à 11h30, modifié le 23 juin 2014 à 14h41 - Original paper in: Au Sénégal, l’enfer des mines d’or pour des centaines d’enfants (lemonde.fr)
According to BBC' news (Zambia electricity crisis: Drought hits hydro-powered Kariba Dam (bbc.com)) Zambia is experiencing its worst electricity blackouts in recent memory, despite having substantial hydroelectric resources (such as massive hydro-powered Kariba Dam).
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Author: Vibhu Mishra
More than 215 people, including 35 children, have been killed and dozens are missing after heavy rains triggered flash floods and landslides across Nepal, UN humanitarians said on Tuesday.
Many of the deaths have occurred in the capital, Kathmandu, which wit
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Water not only rules everyday life in Bunyala (located on the shorelines of Lake Victoria, Busia County, Kenya), but also kills. The village experiences recurrent floods that wipe out houses and people, while the lake increasingly claims new lands according to its inhabitants. A
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News from Reuters website. Article written by Alexandra Valencia.QUITO, Sept 17 2024 (Reuters) - Ecuador's military began supporting operations at a major dam on Tuesday, following a government decision to implement a series of eight-hour nightly power cuts across the Andean cou
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The prolonged drought in Morocco is causing serious problems for the agricultural sector. Local Authorities predict that the 2024 wheat harvest will be reduced by almost 50 per cent....
Further information ca be found here: https://www.copernicus.eu/en/media/image-day-gallery/p
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Namibia is planning to kill more than 700 wild animals, including elephants, zebras and hippos, and distribute the meat to the people struggling with food insecurity as the country grapples with its worst drought in 100 years.The animals set to be culled include 83 elephants, 30
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Zimbabwe has authorized a mass slaughter of elephants to feed citizens left hungry by its worst drought in decades.With nearly half of the country’s population facing the risk of acute hunger, “we are targeting to cull 200 elephants,” Tinashe Farawo, a spokesperson for the
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La escasez, la sobreexplotación, la contaminación y la pérdida de millones de litros en fugas agravan los problemas de una de las capitales más grandes del mundo con un sistema muy frágil a punto de colapsar
Le projet régional LATAWAMA (Lake Tanganyika Water Management), financé par l’Union européenne et mis en œuvre par Enabel (Agence de Developpement Belge) en étroite collaboration avec l’Autorité du Lac Tanganyika, a pris fin le 31 janvier 2024.
What Afghanistan’s Qosh Tepa Canal Means for Central AsiaThe Qosh Tepa canal issue essentially forces the Central Asian nations in the Amu Darya basin to make tradeoffs between regional instability and internal instability.By Seamus DuffyApril 19, 2023