Proposed focus regions

Where we focus

Proposed focus regions

Ten countries across Asia, Africa and the Atlantic, each with a proposed focus waterway or coast. All of them are places we want to learn about first.

Map and country index

Markers show approximate country-level focus points, not project coordinates. No fieldwork has taken place at these locations. Basemap: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified.

Proposed focus region

South Asia

A river that runs through one of the world's largest cities, and the people working to protect it.

Proposed focus area

India

Yamuna River

The Yamuna through Delhi: a great river under pressure from a great city.

Proposed focus region

East and Southern Africa

City rivers, a great lake and a rich island coast, from the Indian Ocean to the African highlands.

Proposed focus area

Madagascar

Ikopa River

The Ikopa in Antananarivo: a river and a city that depend on each other.

Proposed focus area

Tanzania

Msimbazi River

The Msimbazi in Dar es Salaam: where a river basin and a growing city meet.

Proposed focus area

Mozambique

Infulene River

The Infulene near Maputo: clean water starts with sanitation.

Proposed focus area

Kenya

Tana River

The Tana watershed: caring for water at its source.

Proposed focus area

Uganda

Lake Victoria

The Ugandan side of Lake Victoria, a lake shared with its neighbors.

Proposed focus area

South Africa

Jukskei River

The Jukskei in Johannesburg: restoring a city river from its headwaters.

Proposed focus region

West Africa

Rivers that cross fast-growing cities on their way to the Gulf of Guinea.

Proposed focus area

Ghana

Odaw River

The Odaw in Accra: from city drains to the sea.

Proposed focus area

Nigeria

Ogun River

The Ogun River: understanding a river before acting on it.

Proposed focus region

Atlantic Islands

Volcanic islands in the open Atlantic, where ocean-borne litter reaches even uninhabited shores.

Proposed focus area

Cabo Verde

São Vicente coast · Santa Luzia coast

São Vicente and Santa Luzia: island coasts in the open Atlantic.

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If you live or work near any of these places, your knowledge is worth more than ours. We would like to listen.

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