Dunga Beach News Today

WRI’s Partnering for Green Growth and the Global Goals (P4G) initiative will provide grant funding and technical assistance to help these partnerships become investment ready

As the sun rises over the wetlands on the shores of Lake Victoria, papyrus harvesters set out into the swamps to harvest stalks of papyrus. At the docks, fishermen returning from a night’s work haul their boats onto the shore. The deep, ringing song of the papyrus gonolek (Laniarius mufumbiri) and the hooting of the […]

Polluters cut across inhabitants of the 10 counties that border the lake and small industries in urban centres.

Lake currently produces 115,000 tonnes annually compared 200,000 tonnes in 2002

The parcels of land that once lay as feeding grounds for hippos have been taken over by palatial hotels and homes, while others have been fenced off.

Human-wildlife conflict increasing on Kenyan shores of Lake Victoria, as water sampling fails drinking standards.

Changes in weather variants between cool and hot conditions cited for rapid decomposition of the algae affecting oxygen levels in the lake

Olal says plastics are broken down into micro plastics which are ingested by fish.

"This clean-up effort is geared towards restoring the lake to its pristine condition."

KISUMU, Kenya — At Dunga Beach on the shores of Lake Victoria, numerous varieties of fish, such as tilapia, Nile perch and mudfish, are processed for consumption and distribution. Every day after processing, the fish remains create tons of waste that threatens the environment. The process of converting Nile perch into chilled fish fillets for […]