Africa

Kenya

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• Kenyan wildlife

The country hosts the Regional Bureau for Science in Africa, located in Nairobi, which is also the Cluster Office to Burundi, Eritrea, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia and Uganda.

Kenya is one of the countries in the world where fluoride occurs in the highest concentrations, not only in the soil, but also in surface and groundwater resources. Consequently water-related issues and management are at the heart of the country's collaboration with UNESCO. 

It is presently participating in several earth science projects, one of which focuses exclusively on the formation of the East African rift system, a geological formation of central importance to Kenya’s own geological identity. There are several Biosphere Reserve through which the varied wildlife and ecosystems are protected and studied.

Below you can access the projects that are currently being implemented in the country within the framework of UNESCO’s Natural Sciences Sector.

Freshwater

- Hydrology for the Environment, Life and Policy (HELP) project in the Ewaso Ng’Iro basin More

- Nile Basin Flow Regimes from International Experimental and Network Data (FRIEND/Nile Project)

- World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP) national case study More

- Assessment of Pollution Status and Vulnerability of Water Supply Aquifers of African Cities More

People, Biodiversity and Ecology

- Global change and mountain regions (GLOCHAMORE)  

- Biosphere Reserves (WNBRs)

Oceans

- Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning System programme (IOTWS)

- International Oceanographic Data and Information exchange (IODE)

- OceanData and Information Network for Africa (ODINAFRICA)

Earth Sciences

- Pan-African Network for a Geoscience Information System (PANGIS)

- Geodynamics of the East African Rift System / Geophysical Characteristics and Evolution of the South-western Branch of the East African Rift System (IGCP, Project 482/489)

- The role of Holocene environmental catastrophes in human history (IGCP, Project 490)

- Quaternary land-ocean interactions: Driving mechanisms and coastal responses (IGCP, Project 495)