WILDLIFE in the world-famous Masai Mara and Serengeti game reserves in east Africa is under threat from degradation of the Mara river. If urgent action is not taken, the future for the animals and people that depend on them looks bleak.
That’s the verdict of Bancy Mati, a hydrologist at the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology in Kenya, and her colleagues, who have collected data on land use changes in the region.
The Mara river basin covers about 14,000 square kilometres of Kenya and Tanzania. The 395-kilometre river itself, which begins in the mountainous Mau forest region of…
