Bahrain in talks to solve Africa lake crisis.Byline: MOHAMMED AL A'ALI United Nations (UN) officials have approached Bahrain to tackle an ecological ecological emanating from or pertaining to ecology. ecological biome see biome. ecological climax the state of balance in an ecosystem when its inhabitants have established their permanent relationships with each and municipal crisis at Africa's largest lake - Victoria. The officials are on a visit seeking help from Bahrain to come up with solutions to problems faced by the three countries the lake passes through - Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya. They were in talks with officials from the Municipalities and Agriculture Affairs Ministry, Bahrain's five municipal councils and municipalities to help them prepare studies. UN Human Settlements Programme office director Ali Majid Shabo said that the representatives from the three countries were here to learn from Bahrain's municipal experience and organisation of municipal work. "Bahrain has a lot of housing and development projects, in addition to projects directed towards the public," he said. "We hope that Bahrain would offer us help to study the conditions of people living in the three countries, as officials there are finding difficulties planning infrastructure projects like sewage Sewage Water-carried wastes, in either solution or suspension, that flow away from a community. Also known as wastewater flows, sewage is the used water supply of the community. It is more than 99. networks and proper drinking water drinking water supply of water available to animals for drinking supplied via nipples, in troughs, dams, ponds and larger natural water sources; an insufficient supply leads to dehydration; it can be the source of infection, e.g. leptospirosis, salmonellosis, or of poisoning, e.g. . "The lake is heavily polluted pol·lute tr.v. pol·lut·ed, pol·lut·ing, pol·lutes 1. To make unfit for or harmful to living things, especially by the addition of waste matter. See Synonyms at contaminate. 2. and this is affecting fish there, something that is creating trouble to fishermen." The UN Habitat executive director said that Bahrain is a well-known country in the field of habitats and municipal development, something that is encouraging others to learn from their experience. Ministry Under-Secretary Dr Juma Al Ka'abi said that Bahrain would offer every support possible to those in need of its services. "Bahrain is keen on finding solutions to environmental and pollution problems. It has to ensure that the place is safe for citizens and ensure that whatever projects are planned are up to environmental standards," he said. Lake Victoria, also referred to as Victoria Nyanza, is the main reservoir of the Nile River Nile River Arabic Bahr al-Nil River, eastern and northeastern Africa. The longest river in the world, it is about 4,132 mi (6,650 km) long from its remotest headstream (which flows into Lake Victoria) to the Mediterranean Sea. . It occupies an area of approximately 69,480sqkm and is the second-largest freshwater fresh·wa·ter adj. 1. Of, relating to, living in, or consisting of water that is not salty: freshwater fish; freshwater lakes. 2. Situated away from the sea; inland. 3. lake in the world, the only larger one being Lake Superior in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . It is 1,134 m above sea level and reaches a depth of 82m. Lake Victoria is known for its abundance Abundance See also Fertility. Amalthea’s horn horn of Zeus’s nurse-goat which became a cornucopia. [Gk. Myth.: Walsh Classical, 19] cornucopia conical receptacle which symbolizes abundance. [Rom. Myth. of fish, which are exported by local fisherman. There are more than 200 species of fish, which all make a major contribution to the economy. Copyright [c] 2008 Gulf Daily News Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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