How farming, logging push Kilombero wetlands to ruin
Conservation officers burn charcoal seized in Iruma, Kilombero District, Morogoro Region, one of the areas affected by human-induced environmental degradation. PHOTO | IMANI MAKONGORO
Morogoro. “We never knew that farming here means destroying a water source.”
That reflection by residents of Lumemo Ward in Ifakara Town Council captures growing recognition that years of unregulated farming, brick-making, tree cutting and charcoal burning within wetlands have contributed to environmental degradation in the Kilombero River Basin.
