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Lake Tanganyika Ecosystem Management Strategies

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dc.creator Nkotagu, Hudson H.
dc.date 2016-09-21T13:27:04Z
dc.date 2016-09-21T13:27:04Z
dc.date 2008
dc.date.accessioned 2018-03-27T08:57:34Z
dc.date.available 2018-03-27T08:57:34Z
dc.identifier Nkotagu, H.H., 2008. Lake Tanganyika ecosystem management strategies. Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management, 11(1), pp.36-41.
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/3932
dc.identifier 10.1080/14634980801891373
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/3932
dc.description Full text can be accessed at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14634980801891373
dc.description Lake Tanganyika is a large East African rift valley system holding about 1/6 of the world's liquid freshwater with about 2000 species of organisms (fauna and flora), of which about 700 are endemic. The lake faces a number of threats including excess sedimentation, overfishing, pollution, habitat destruction, along with climate change. Efforts to better understand these involved an assessment of the magnitude of the threats, through the Lake Tanganyika Biodiversity project (LTBP) in which a number of outputs such as Draft conventions, special study reports and the Strategic Action Programme were achieved. The preparation of detailed projects to address the threats through the Lake Tanganyika Management Planning Projects (LTMPP) was another strategy, as well as projects prepared for management of catchment and pollution control, along with fishing management. It can be concluded that Lake Tanganyika faces essentially man-induced threats compounded by climate change, probably resulting in declining productivity of the lake and declining water levels. It is concluded that in order to maintain sustainability of the lake, both regional and global joint efforts are required.
dc.language en
dc.publisher Taylor & Francis
dc.subject Convention
dc.subject Productivity
dc.subject Poverty
dc.subject Monitoring
dc.subject Threats
dc.title Lake Tanganyika Ecosystem Management Strategies
dc.type Journal Article, Peer Reviewed


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