Sondu Basin. Portrait of Citizen Scientist, Peter Rotich. "We volunteered because if we protect our forest we also protect our...

Sondu Basin. Portrait of Citizen Scientist, Peter Rotich.

"We volunteered because if we protect our forest we also protect our health. Forest is important, because it gives us heavy rainfall. This water again if we protect it, if we observe something dangerous in the water we tell the people, this water is not good. We can’t use it for our health, this water, these days, not like in the past (due to the amount of sediments). You know in the past we used to drink this water."

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Community Involvement, Local People, Measurement, People, Scientists, Water Management, Community Forestry, Community-based Forest Management, Research, Tools, Watershed Management, Watershed Protection, Kisumu County, Kenya, KE.