Environment

Healthy ecosystems and protected water resource quality and quantity.

SolutionMUS environment benefit-enhancing activities result in

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Improved governance capacity for equitable and sustainable allocation of water resources among all users in the catchment
Less water pollution from health and livelihood activities

Tree Planting, Burkina Faso

This school is takes advantage of runoff by planting trees at the end of drainage pipes.

Conservation Agriculture Burkina Faso

A man shows off how conservation agriculture has transformed his field. On the left is the traditional method of planting maize.

Water Conservation Njombe Tanzania

A household uses an embankment to recharge their water table near a household rope pump.

Rainwater Recharge in Tanzania

A household catches rainwater from their rooftop for productive uses and to recharge their groundwater using tube recharge.

Impact Pathway

Outputs

People trained in ecosystem and water resource protection and governance
People trained in environmentally safe waste management
Water quality monitoring system

Outcomes

Local stewardship of water and ecosystem resources
Effective water and land resources planning at the catchment scale
Waste disposal and management systems

Impacts

Reliable surface and groundwater sources to meet current and future human and ecosystem needs
Maintained environmental water flows
Protected water quality

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