{"id":367056,"date":"2011-04-04T09:09:08","date_gmt":"2011-04-04T09:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/04\/conservation-efforts-should-be-upheld\/"},"modified":"2011-04-04T09:09:08","modified_gmt":"2011-04-04T09:09:08","slug":"conservation-efforts-should-be-upheld","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/04\/conservation-efforts-should-be-upheld\/","title":{"rendered":"Conservation Efforts Should Be Upheld"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"42.748603351955\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/><!-- close google_banner_mid div ---><\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.newtimes.co.rw\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/218ad26fnewtimes180.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"The New Times (Kigali)\" title=\"Visit The New Times (Kigali)\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- begin story layout piece here --><\/p>\n<p> 3 April 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>editorial<\/p>\n<p>Less than a year ago some residents of Nyabihu and Rubavu districts  were evicted from Gishwati forest, to help conserve and protect it from  encroachment through illegal practices.<\/p>\n<p>Due to human activity in the forest, part of which is located in a wetland, Gishwati is prone to landslides. This has further compelled the authorities to relocate the people who were encroaching on the forest.<\/p>\n<p><!-- close google_inset_a div ---><\/p>\n<p>But within a year, people are already carrying out activities that continue to serve to degrade the soil and undermine the efforts to protect wetlands.<\/p>\n<p>This is a serious violation on the part of the residents, considering that measures to find them alternative plots of land for farming were taken by the relevant government authorities.<\/p>\n<p>Already, the negative effects of encroaching on the forest have been registered in the form of declining water levels in the nearby Lake Karago.<\/p>\n<p>Sustainable development cannot be realized if environmental protection is not given priority by all. The Gishwati and Water Management project is one of the many initiatives taken by government to ensure sustainable use of the forest.<\/p>\n<p>It is critical for residents neighbouring protected areas, to understand the imperative of such measures. They are in any case the ultimate beneficiaries of sustainable practices.<\/p>\n<p><!-- end story layout piece here --><\/p>\n<p><!-- close google_banner_subbody div ---><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><b>More News on allAfrica.com<\/b><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Read this article:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201104040407.html\" title=\"Conservation Efforts Should Be Upheld\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Conservation Efforts Should Be Upheld<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 3 April 2011 editorial Less than a year ago some residents of Nyabihu and Rubavu districts were evicted from Gishwati forest, to help conserve and protect it from encroachment through illegal practices. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-367056","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-business"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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