Freshwater

Conservation in Africa

COLIN APSE Director, Africa

Freshwater Program

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Africa’s Freshwater Systems and their Value

Gabonese fisherman in the Ogooué Basin; Gabon p courtesy of Jean Pierre Vande weghe

• Sustainable hydropower

• Source water protection

• Inland fisheries

management

• Water governance

• Freshwater protected

areas

Projects and Strategies

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Nairobi-Upper Tana Water Fund

Zambia Water Governance

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Zambian fisherman on the Kafue River; photo courtesy of Ian Murphy

Gabon Freshwater Conservation Atlas

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Hydropower by Design in Gabon

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