Using a systematic grid of 390 m by 780 m in 77 randomly selected plots of 0.071 ha, located along nine transects, botanical names of tree species, diameter above breast height (dbh), regenerants and key shrub species were recorded in order to determine species diversity index, dominance index, number of shrubs and regenerants, forest stocking and tree basal area, respectively. Ketumbeine Forest Reserve, an isolated forest on a small protruding hill located in the dry area of northern Tanzania has unknown tree species diversity and dominance. This can be achieved through negotiations with regional and global partners for more resources.
We therefore underscore the needs for different stakeholders to share the costs of developing a sustainable eco-tourism industry in the Lake Natron ecosystem. Its benefits spill over beyond the local and national boundaries to beneficiaries at regional and interna-tional levels. Sustainable ecotourism is one of such initiatives. The Lake's ecosystem needs to be managed wisely by introducing only livelihood initiatives or de-velopments that are linked to the survival of wildlife which it supports, including the lesser flamingo. We furthermore argue that Lake Natron is part of an important network of ecosystems and should not be viewed as a separate entity altogether. The results of analysis showed that at the present levels of soda ash prices and investment costs the benefits of ecosystem conservation outweigh the benefits of soda ash mining. The costs and benefits of this project were compared with that of two other alternatives namely the ―Business as Usual‖ (BAU) and ―Sustainable Ecotourism‖ (SE). Based on this ground a Cost Benefit Analysis (CBA) of a proposed new development (establishment of soda ash facility) in the Lake Natron area in Tanzania was carried out to inform decision regarding the proposal. XI/22 decisions of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) at its eleventh Conference of Parties invite parties to integrate the three objectives of the CBD into sustainable development and poverty eradication programs, plans, pol-icies, and priority actions, taking into account the outcomes of the Rio+20 Conference.
“This Alkaline African Lake Turns Animals Into Stone”.Subscribe to What-If on YouTube or follow the show on Facebook Watch. But if you’re craving something even more extreme, how about surviving a limnic eruption on your next swim? Think you could handle it? As for our flamingo friends, this just goes to show how the harshest environments can be a sanctuary for some animals. They quickly built stretchers and carried the injured to land in the nick of time.Įven though you could survive Lake Natron’s waters, I’d stick to a swimming pool if I were you.
Incredibly, one of the passengers managed to struggle to shore and alerted some of the Masai tribespeople nearby. The pilot suffered a broken leg, and another passenger had a broken hip. A group of wildlife videographers plunged Lake Natron’s toxicity when their helicopter crashed. In 2007, another kind of bird flew straight into this chemical cocktail. Turns out, the lake’s toxic waters provide a safe haven from predators, making it perfect flamingo flocking grounds. Despite so many birds dying in Lake Natron, there is a particular species flourishing. Kind of like that one time in the office. He theorized, since the lake is so mirror-like and reflective, the birds must have flown right into it. He discovered several stone birds and other unlucky animals in the dry season when the water had receded. In 2013, wildlife photographer Nick Brandt was one of the first to document this phenomenon. Talk about killing two birds with one stone! Any birds that happen to take a dive and don’t make it out become calcified in a hardened, stonelike husk. The whole chemical composition is extremely alkaline, with pH levels of 10.5 close to matching ammonia (NH3). Releasing into the water, this mix of sodium carbonate and sodium bicarbonate were key ingredients once used in Egyptian mummification, creating the perfect preservative in lake form. The volcano spews a rare kind of lava rich in sodium (Na) and potassium carbonate (K2CO3), called Natrocarbonatite, or Natron for short.
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