Land use changes in the transboundary Mara basin: a threat to pristine wildlife sanctuaries in East Africa
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Title:
Land use changes in the transboundary Mara basin: a threat to pristine wildlife sanctuaries in East Africa
Creator:
Mati, Bancy M.
Mutie, Simon
Home, Patrick
Mtalo, Felix
Gadain, Hussein
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International River Symposium
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English
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The transboundary Mara basin covers 13,750 Km2, lying between Kenya and Tanzania. The 395 km long Mara has for a long time been considered one of the more pristine rivers draining into Lake Victoria, which consequently forms part of the upper catchments of the Nile basin. The Basin is located roughly between longitudes 33º47’ E and 35º47’E and latitudes 0º38’ S and 1º52’ S, with the upper 65% area (8,941 km2) in Kenya, while the remaining lower portion is in Tanzania. There is growing evidence of unprecedented land use change in the upper catchments, resulting from deforestation affecting the headwaters, while current privatization of pastoral lands is attracting immigrants to the watershed with the population growth reaching 7% annually. This deterioration from the “pristine” Mara is affecting the hydrology of the river and its environments, with adverse impacts on wildlife and human environments starting to show.

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