The Lake Victoria Basin Commission (LVBC) in collaboration with Mwalimu Nyerere University of Agriculture and Technology (MNUAT), Maasai Mara University (Mmara-U) and the Inter-University Council for East Africa (IUCEA) is pleased to announce a call for papers, posters and exhibitions for the 14th Mara Day Scientific Conference.

This conference themed “Protect Mara River: Preserve Life,” will take place on September 14, 2025 at MNUAT, Butiama District in the United Republic of Tanzania.

The commission invites researchers, students, the private sector and government officials from the East African Community member states—Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, DRC Congo, and Somalia—as well as international researchers focused on the Mara Basin Ecosystem, to contribute their insights on issues related to the Mara River through conservation.

This years conference theme  is “Protect Mara River: Preserve Life”

The Conference Sub-themes are

  1. Biodiversity Conservation and Ecosystem Management to foster Sustainable Development in Mara River Basin;
  2. Cross-Border Cooperation, Policy Implementation, and Conflict Resolution through community-based and gender mainstreaming approaches for River Basin management; and
  • Innovative Technologies for addressing emerging threats within the Mara River Basin.

The conference participants  are required to register on the following link: https://shorturl.at/agVhu

Conference registered participants will receive a registration confirmation email through the email: maraday.conf2025@gmail.com as soon the application has been submitted.

Submitted abstracts should be saved in the following format in MS Word, named as: Sub-theme number _ Institution _ First Name _ Surname Name for instance; 2_ Dedan Kimathi University_ Omondi_ Taga

Presentation Title

  1. Authors Name (s),
  2. Times New Roman
  • Font size 12
  1. Affiliation of authors i.e. Departments, Organization, Postal address, Telephone contact, Email address, ORCiD number (if available)
  2. Standard Poster templates will be shared
  3. Abstract body
  • Key words (4 – 6 key words)

The abstracts must have: a brief introduction, gap, main objectives, methodology, findings/results, conclusions and recommendations of the study (maximum 350 words).

NB; There should be NO citations in the abstracts.

Key Dates

Submission deadline – 22nd August, 2025

Notification of Accepted Submissions – 27th August, 2025

Submission of full papers dateline – 29th August, 2025

Programme notification – 30th August, 2025

For more information, please contact maraday.conf2025@gmail.com – Mwalimu Nyerere or marjan@mmarau.ac.ke– Maasai Mara University  or Lake Victori Basin Commission – maraconf@lvbcom.org:  or Inter-University Council for East Africa  (IUCEA) – info@iucea.org

Or visit: www.mmarau.ac.ke, https://www.mjnuat.ac.tz/ , https://www.iucea.org/iucea/ , https://www.lvbcom.org/