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People, warming earth causing vast African lakes to dry up
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JINJA, Uganda - At Jinja pier the rusty red hull of a Lake
Victoria freighter sat barely afloat in water just 6 feet deep - and
dropping. "The scientists have to explain this," said ship's engineer
Gabriel Maziku.
Across the bay, at a fish packing plant, fishermen had to wade
ashore with their Nile perch in flat-bottomed boats, and heave the
silvery catch up to a jetty that soon may be on dry land and out of
reach entirely. Watching, plant manager Ravee Ramanujam wondered
about what's ...
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No jubilee for this Victoria
World Paper (USA)
; McOwiti O. Thomas World Paper (USA) 11-12-1997 SWEET WATER, SOUR FUTURE Kenyans waking up to decline of majestic lake From the air, the thick mat of lush green water hyacinth that covers huge parts of Lake Victoria looks beautiful and harmless, even enticing. But to the millions of people who
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Losing a lake. (Lake Victoria)
Discover
; Lake Victoria is in danger of becoming the world's largest pool of dead water. Already half its native fish are extinct, and the 30 million people who eke out a living from its troubled waters are facing calamity. THE SUN IS HALFWAY UP OVER KUSA BAY, where the brown waters of Lake Victoria lap at
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Lake Victoria perch - at the head of the predatory food chain
The Independent Weekly
; Some weeks ago, I was browsing the fish counter at Whole Foods when my eye was caught by the legend: "Lake Victoria Perch." It caught my eye because I, like many, am a sucker for that kind of specificity in a food description. Would you like mussels or Prince Edward Island mussels? Would you like
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People, warming earth causing vast African lakes to dry up
Sunday Gazette-Mail
; JINJA, Uganda - At Jinja pier the rusty red hull of a Lake Victoria freighter sat barely afloat in water just 6 feet deep - and dropping. "The scientists have to explain this," said ship's engineer Gabriel Maziku. Across the bay, at a fish packing plant, fishermen had to wade ashore with their Nile
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Lake Victoria: Casualty of capitalism.
Monthly Review
; Lake Victoria, the world's second largest fresh-water lake (after Lake Superior), has long been East Africa's chief environmental, economic, and nutritional asset. Its four hundred species of native fish have traditionally provided local fishermen with their livelihood and East Africans with their
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The Race To Save a Dying Lake; 3 African States Join Conservation Effort
The Washington Post
; In this tranquil lake, sacred to the local people, a species of fish survives that once was abundant in nearby Lake Victoria but has disappeared from its waters. If conservationists succeed in an ambitious plan to rescue this and other nearly extinct African fish as both a food source and a
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Drought drops levels of Africa's great lakes: Climate change, dams blamed for 'grim scenario'
Chicago Sun-Times
; JINJA, Uganda -- At Jinja pier the rusty red hull of a Lake Victoria freighter sat barely afloat in water just six feet deep -- and dropping. "The scientists have to explain this," said ship's engineer Gabriel Maziku. Across the bay, at a fish packing plant, fishermen had to wade ashore with their
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Useful disasters: the complexity of response to stress in a tropical lake ecosystem [Introduction of Nile perch to Lake Victoria]
Anthropologica
; Abstract: The introduction of the Nile perch in the 1960s enhanced the economic value of the local fishery and encouraged women to become involved in fish processing and marketing. Over time, however, the predatory perch has severely reduced stocks of popular indigenous fishes. Currently,
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Betting on the Bugs; Machine-Like Weevils Rid Lake Victoria of Choking Weed
The Washington Post
; If looks were everything, no one would have a problem with the water hyacinths that adorn Lake Victoria. Their lush leaves sprout a gorgeous violet blossom. Their beauty must have enchanted whoever first plunked these plants native to South America into this giant body of water bordered by
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Lake Victoria's Ecosystem, Vital to Millions, May Be Unraveling
The Washington Post
; The greatest freshwater lake in Africa, once a living aquarium filled with hundreds of species of exotic fish, may be poised on the brink of an ecological collapse that would rob millions of lakeshore people of their major source of protein. An international team of researchers has reported that
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