Abstract Study Region The Great Rift Valley lakes of Kenya have recently experienced
significant increases in their water levels, negatively impacting the local communities. This …

The fast and widespread environmental changes that have intensified in the last decades
are bringing disproportionate impacts to Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities …

Water salinity is a growing global environmental health concern. However, little is known
about the relation between water salinity and chronic health outcomes in non-coastal, lean …

River modifications through hydropower dams and other infrastructure have far-reaching
economic, ecological and social effects that are viewed in highly contrasting ways …

‌• The Omo-Turkana Basin has a great diversity of climate, water and land resources. The
climate ranges from cool and humid in the highlands to hot and hyper-arid in the lowlands …

Kenya has many lakes which have evolved through geological time; most of the modern
ones were created during the Lower to Middle Pleistocene. While all of them react to climate …

Transboundary watercourses cover more than 60% of the African continent (Lautze and
Giordano, 2005; Figure 1.1). Reflecting the need to jointly manage these shared resources …

Desert lakes are unique ecosystems found in oases within desert landscapes. Despite the
numerous studies on oases, there are no reports regarding the spatiotemporal distribution …