Case studies

A list of case studies

  • Healing the Coastline: From Woven Hands to Living Shores 

    In the soft light of morning on Pate Island, groups of women set out toward the island’s terrestrial side. Their footsteps trace familiar paths through sandy tracks and mangrove creeks, leading to the stands of terrestrial plants whose stems and leaves will soon be transformed into something remarkable.  With skilled hands, they harvest the raw […]

  • Kenya Mangrove Track Record

    Wetlands International works to safeguard and restore one million hectares of mangroves across 10 African countries, preserving biodiversity while benefiting approximately two million people. In Kenya, Wetlands International started its first large scale coastal programme in 2021, focusing its activities on two locations which contain 66% of the country’s total mangrove area, Tana Delta and […]

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  • Tanzania Mangrove Track Record

    Wetlands International works to safeguard and restore one million hectares of mangroves across 10 African countries, preserving biodiversity while benefiting approximately two million people. Wetlands International has been operating in Tanzania since 2017, focusing its activities on the Rufiji Delta, which hosts East Africa’s largest mangrove forest, spanning 53,255 hectares. The mangrove ecosystem in the […]

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  • Landscape level integrated watershed management improves ecosystem resilience: Wetlands International Ethiopia programs’ implementation review

    ‘‘What we are doing is a small beginning. We stretch to go forward to reach the whole Central Rift Valley ecosystem. The need is vast, and the demand is huge. This small beginning is something encouraging, and now what we are thinking is about how to scale it up.’’ – Jane Madgwick, Wetlands International CEO. […]

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  • The Niger River and its deltas

    The Niger River is the lifeline for large parts of the Sahelian region, crossing through arid areas in Mali and Niger. Each year it floods the Inner Niger Delta in Mali, thereby providing fisheries and water for agriculture and household use, on which some 1.5milion people and millions of migratory waterbirds depend. Hydropower dams, extensive […]

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