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Lake Jipe faces extinction due to effects of climate change

A section of Lake Jipe in Taita Taveta County. [File, Standard]

Lake Jipe is facing extinction due to massive siltation and other environmental and management challenges.

The lake is an important transboundary wetland ecosystem at the border of Kenya and Tanzania that covers an estimated 30 square kilometres.

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