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NAIROBI — The water supply for Nairobi’s five million people — and four million others besides — depends on the Tana river, which flows for 1,000 km from the Aberdare mountains to the Indian Ocean. The decades-long spread of agriculture in the upper reaches of the Tana’s catchment area has stripped hillsides of trees…
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In Kenya, a river restoration initiative pays for itself, and then some
Maribel Pingree
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NAIROBI — The water supply for Nairobi’s five million people — and four million others besides — depends on the Tana river, which flows for 1,000 km from the Aberdare mountains to the Indian Ocean. The decades-long spread of agriculture in the upper reaches of the Tana’s catchment area has stripped hillsides of trees…
