Kenya: Residents in a Rush to Kill Lake

4 November 2004

Nairobi — The world-renowned Lake Nakuru is threatened with extinction in the next few decades. The alkaline water body has gradually shrunk over a 30-year period from 48 sq km in the 70s to less than 37 sq km today and could be extinct with 50 years. "Siltation is today the biggest threat to this lake," says Joseph Warutere, a Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) senior warden at the Lake Nakuru National Park.

"Most of the foreign debris and silt finds its way into the lake through rivers that flow into the lake from the surrounding hills," he adds.

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