Human activities killing Lake Victoria

By Maria wamala and Enock Kakande

Until World Environment Day, June 5, in a campaign, Save Lake Victoria, Vision Group media platforms is running investigative articles, programmes and commentaries highlighting the irresponsible human activities threatening the world’s largest fresh water lake.We bring you images captured from various spots around the lake.

 Boat making at Ggaba landing site. The mukebu tree species that is popular for boat making faces extinction if nothing is urgently done to conserve or promote its planting

The uncollected waste and soil that are washed into the lake provide food to the water hyacinth. The water hyacinth on the lake is an indicator of massive pollution

Establishment of beaches and settlements right into the lake in disregard of the 200-metre protection zone are a danger to the lake. The National Environment Management Authority should be contacted for compliance and monitoring

Firewood from the islands in Lake Victoria being ferried away from Ggaba landing site. Deforestation is one of the human activities that is exposing soil to erosion and silting of the lake

Plastic waste do not only clog drainage channels but are carried into the where they suffocate young fish and could also get into the food chain which is harmful to humans as well

 

Over fishing and the catching of immature fish is accelerating the depleting of fish stocks in the country.