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Lake Naivasha, Kenya - Papers submitted by participants at the conference "Science and the Sustainable Management of Shallow Tropical Waters" held at Kenya Wildlife Services Training Institute, Naivasha, Kenya, 11-16 April 1999, together with those from additional studies on the lake (Hardcover, Reprinted from)
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Lake Naivasha, Kenya - Papers submitted by participants at the conference "Science and the Sustainable Management of Shallow Tropical Waters" held at Kenya Wildlife Services Training Institute, Naivasha, Kenya, 11-16 April 1999, together with those from additional studies on the lake (Hardcover, Reprinted from)
Series: Developments in Hydrobiology, 168
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This is the first comprehensive study of an east African lake for
thirty years. It represents the culmination of research expeditions
which stretch back twenty years and is thus able to pick up long
term changes which the individual research activities do not
reveal. Lake Naivasha is a tropical lake whose natural fluctuations
are now dwarfed by human impacts. Papers show how the irrigation
for horticulture and power cooling has reduced the lake depth
significantly; exotic arrivals have altered the plant community
beyond recognition and its commercial value as a fishery and a
tourist feature are reduced by over use. Despite this, the lake has
considerable conservation value at present. It provides a different
case study in the ever-growing library of the effects of human
follies. Lake Naivasha has achieved global importance in the past
ten years because its waters are used to sustain the largest
horticultural industry in Africa. The book highlights its fragility
under such pressure and points out the way towards sustainable use
of the water and the ecosystem.
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