Kenneth completed an internship with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) / Global Environment Facility (GEF) International Waters Programme in which he worked with more than three dozen transboundary water environmental remediation projects funded by the GEF and implemented by the UNDP. In collaboration with project managers on four continents, Ken synthesized technical reports into a format accessible to a wider audience, including the water management community, potential donors and the lay public. Projects ranged from improving the state of the Benguela current off of South Africa, Namibia and Angola; to reducing pollution and dead zones in the Danube River and Black Sea; to reducing the use of mercury in artisanal gold mining amongst impoverished people. The common feature of all projects, which took place in Africa, Europe, Asia, and Pacific Island States, was bringing two or more countries together to tackle shared water environmental problems.
Kenneth Lang (MA, 2013)
