Inter Press ServiceTana River Bears the Cost of Development https://www.ipsnews.net/2019/09/tana-river-bears-cost-development/ News and Views from the Global South Mon, 27 Apr 2026 08:49:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 Tana River Bears the Cost of Development https://www.ipsnews.net/2019/09/tana-river-bears-cost-development/ https://www.ipsnews.net/2019/09/tana-river-bears-cost-development/#respond Tue, 17 Sep 2019 09:07:58 +0000 Info Nile http://www.ipsnews.net/?p=163292 Geoffrey Kamadi reports for InfoNile on the Tana River. InfoNile is a geojournalism platform mapping data on water issues in the Nile River basin of Africa with journalism stories to promote transboundary peace. ]]>

By Info Nile
Sep 17 2019 (IPS)

The damming of Kenya’s River Tana and the environmental degradation upstream, has reduced the amount of silt and water reaching the Tana River Delta over time. Hence the sea has been pushing further and further inland unhindered, jeopardising livelihoods.

 

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