Oasis of Loiyangalani Kenya – Combat Desertification – Water Resource Management

by Giancarlo Ceccanti and Lorenzo Vallerini

in “AQUA mundi – Journal of water sciences”, Volume 02, Issue 01, June 2011, Production Scribo s.r.l. Florence-Italy

English text

© 2011

pp. 15-26, col.ill.

ISSN 2038-3584

The article on the project Oasis Ecosystem describes the projects carried on by the University of Florence, the Water Right Foundation (WRF-Florence, Italy) and the Acquifera Onlus (Florence, Italy) have been developed to promote and improve local economic development for the populations of Loiyangalani, village-oasis located in the district of Loiyangalani (north Kenya, along the Turkana Lake) by providing training and information for the management and protection of local ecosystem-resources, to fight desertification, to realize a prototype of “new vegetations” and to enhance the water resources.