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CIFOR-ICRAF s’attaque aux défis et aux opportunités locales tout en apportant des solutions aux problèmes mondiaux concernant les forêts, les paysages, les populations et la planète.

Nous fournissons des preuves et des solutions concrètes pour transformer l’utilisation des terres et la production alimentaire : conserver et restaurer les écosystèmes, répondre aux crises mondiales du climat, de la malnutrition, de la biodiversité et de la désertification. En bref, nous améliorons la vie des populations.

CIFOR–ICRAF publishes over 750 publications every year on agroforestry, forests and climate change, landscape restoration, rights, forest policy and much more – in multiple languages.

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Forests, flowers or flamingos: what drives the water balance of Lake Nakuru, Kenya?

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Lake Nakuru is a very shallow alkaline lake located in Kenya’s rift valley, with a surface area of 44 km2 and an average depth of 2.5 meters. The Lake is fed by one permanent river (Ngosur) and four seasonal rivers (Njoro, Nderit, Makalia and Lamudhiak), with a total catchment area of 1,800 km2. The flamingos that give Lake Nakuru its distinctive pink shoreline are a major biodiversity and tourism resource for Kenya, with over 300,000 local and foreign holiday makers visiting the site each year. A completed fenced national park of 90 km2 surrounds Lake Nakuru, providing a habitat to a number of threatened species, including the Black Rhino. Since 1990 the lake has been designated a Ramsar wetland of international importance. However, the lake is threatened by inflows from a number of pollutants and the level of the lake fluctuates: when it is low the flamingos move elsewhere, leading to less tourists.
    Année de publication

    2006

    Auteurs

    Swallow B M

    Langue

    English

    Mots clés

    flowers, forests, water balance, water management

    Géographique

    Kenya

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