The project has created a constituency for the conservation of Lake Natron among local people, 80% of whom now oppose soda ash extraction.
Jensen Charity Foundation for funding for a project which would ensure the long-term protection of Lake Natron, while improving the livelihoods of the lakeside communities. To consolidate the success of its campaign, BirdLife International turned to the Aage V. Like other flamingo species, it breeds at irregular intervals and changes breeding sites for reasons that are not fully understood, but it is very susceptible to disturbance. Lake Natron is the Lesser Flamingo’s most important breeding site, and East Africa is home to perhaps three- quarters of the global population. But the Tanzanian Government made it clear that the option of soda ash mining at Lake Natron was still open.
Following intense opposition from the BirdLife Partnership and a consortium of local, national and international organisations known as the Lake Natron Consultative Group, the company proposing extraction withdrew its proposal. Soda ash extraction was proposed and backed by the Tazanian government at Lake Natron in 2006. Natural resource extraction is known to often have negative impacts on biodiversity tree extraction reduced species diversity in Nepal (Thapa & Chapman 2010) and oil and gas extraction threatens a considerable amount of species rich habitat in the western Amazon (Finer et al.
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