mara river project is funded by the international climate initiative and implemented by the nile basin initiative and the social survey is just one element. this farmer is looking to expand his field of crops to do that he needs to be able to access water more easily. but that could cause problems in the river. fertilizers and besides from agriculture. the pollutants the water. the rivers sources in kenya far. from there it flows over the border into tanzania through the serengeti and into lake victoria. station and large scale agriculture upstream the river has an impact. scientists are collecting to. plan and facilitate a political agreement between the kenyan and tanzania governments they want to make sure people on both sides of the border have access to water and avoid any future conflict the current health of the river is an important aspect of the project the scientists and water. temperature and other factors. we measure these parameters because if we find they're outside of the correct range then we know there's pollution in the river. that is something that would affect all the life in