The Addo Elephant National Park in South Africa was established 94 years ago to protect the last 11 elephants in the Eastern Cape region ... has 16 rivers and 437 wetlands. Freshwater scientists ...

Wetlands, or "dambos" as they are known in some parts of southern Africa, store large quantities of water during the wet season and gradually release it during the dry season, making agriculture ...

One of the most critical benefits of wetlands is that they play a major role in water security which is important for a water scarce country like South Africa. Wetlands act as reservoirs storing ...

Yet, in the Danube-Carpathian Region spanning most of Central and Eastern Europe, over the past 150 years more than 80% of wetlands have been lost, and with them the services they provide. The most ...

Kinyara Sugar, in partnership with local communities and the Ministry of Water and Environment, has successfully restored more than 300 hectares of degraded wetlands in Masindi District.