The Environmental Flow Assessment for the Mara River was authorized by the Lake Victoria Basin
Commission of the East African Community. It was conducted by the Kenya and Tanzania Ministries of
Water and Irrigation, with technical expertise from water resource managers from Lake Victoria
South Catchment Management Authority (of Kenya’s Water Resources Management Authority) and Lake
Victoria Basin Water Office (of Tanzania’s Ministry of Water and Irrigation) in cooperation with
scientists from local and international universities. Participants in the EFA workshop and
assessment also included district authorities and representatives from Serengeti National Park,
Masai Mara National Reserve, and National Museums of Kenya. Local communities living near the EFA
sites
assisted with the fieldwork and sampling.