Citizen Scientists gathering water samples, Sondu Basin. [Center] Linner Soi (in pink) [Right] Peter Rotich (in blue and white). "Volunteers...

Citizen Scientists gathering water samples, Sondu Basin.

[Center] Linner Soi (in pink) [Right] Peter Rotich (in blue and white).

"Volunteers are the local community members. The rivers are their resource and the forest adjacent to them is their resource. So they benefit from both because they get their water for their domestic use. They benefit also from the forest because they are able to get firewood, they feed or graze their animals in the forest and so these two resources are a great asset for them." – Naomi Njue (CIFOR Intern and PhD Student, Justus Liebig Universitat, Giessen).

Photo by Patrick Sheperd/CIFOR

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