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Wetlands Alliance Program implementation phase

Reports & Research
November, 2013
Asia
Eastern Asia
China
South-Eastern Asia
Cambodia
Laos
Myanmar
Thailand
Vietnam
WorldFish is working with partners in the Mekong Region to support a new alliance of regional and local partners that will contribute towards sustainable wetlands management that benefit the poor. This project supports the Wetlands Alliance, an extensive network of organizations —government, civil and NGOs— actively engaged in developing innovative solutions to poverty alleviation. The Alliance helps local partners to build the capacity they need to work effectively with communities that they are supporting.

Wetland uses / dynamics for agricultural purposes and its health implications in lower Ogun river basin, Lagos, Nigeria : a technical report

Reports & Research
December, 2006
Nigeria
Sub-Saharan Africa

The wetlands around the estuaries of Ogun River and its environs in Ikorodu/Kosofe areas of Lagos State remain unprotected. 60 per cent of Lagos metropolis was originally natural wetlands. This study tackles the quantification of land use/landcover (especially wetlands), causes, land use dynamics and the health implications through direct observations using remote sensing, surveys, disease vector studies, nutritional supply studies and GIS modelling within an ecosystem approach.