6.1. All fish and invertebrate stocks and aquatic plants are managed and harvested sustainably, legally and applying ecosystem based approaches

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6.1
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All fish and invertebrate stocks and aquatic plants are managed and harvested sustainably, legally and applying ecosystem based approaches
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1 April 2018

Lake Tanganyika is threatened by overfishing, deforestation, climate change and water pollution. Very few studies have investigated the effects of pollution on semi-aquatic communities such as aquatic birds. This study investigates the effects of pollution on the foraging behavior of pied Kingfisher

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1 November 2012

Based on literature and an overview of the specimen holdings available in various natural history museums, a checklist of the riverine fishes of Burundi was compiled. A total of 15 riverine fish families containing 42 genera and a total of 90 described native species are reported for the country