Livelihoods at stake as Lake Victoria’s papyrus swamps come under pressure: Photos

Mongabay
Feb 5, 2024, 6:51 pm116 pts
As the sun rises over the wetlands on the shores of Lake Victoria, papyrus harvesters set out into the swamps to harvest stalks of papyrus. At the docks, fishermen returning from a night’s work haul their boats onto the shore. The deep, ringing song of the papyrus gonolek (Laniarius mufumbiri) and the hooting…

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