Encroachers ravage protected wetlands
Encroachers ravage protected wetlands Encroachers ravage protected wetlands A KEY wetland protected by international conventions within Kilombero Valley is under threat due to unchecked human activity, an ecologist has declared. Presenting a strategic view of the conservation and protection of water resources in nine basins countrywide here yesterday, Asukile Kajuni, an ecologist with GEO Network Ltd consulting firm, said that overgrazing, artisanal mining and agriculture are now commonplace within the Kilombero Valley Ramsar Site (KVRS). A Ramsar site is a wetland area designated to be of in...
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