A Review on Ecosystem Services and their Threats in the Conservation of Nyando Wetland, Kisumu County, Kenya

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dc.contributor.authorMaithya, Joseph K.
dc.contributor.authorMing’ate, Felix L.M.
dc.contributor.authorLetema, Sammy C.
dc.date.accessioned2021-09-23T06:39:18Z
dc.date.available2021-09-23T06:39:18Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.descriptionA research article published in Tanzania Journal of Scienceen_US
dc.description.abstractWetlands are vital ecosystems as they are essential to human health, wellbeing, ecological integrity and national development as well as in the attainment of the SustainableDevelopment Goals. However, despite their contributionsto human wellbeing, they have been destroyed and degraded over years. The aim of this paper is to review literature on the ecosystem services in Nyando wetland ecosystem and how they have been helpful to the well-being of its residents and also to determine the threats to the Nyando ecosystem services. A total of 88 documents were reviewed out of 20,400 documents from the Google engine search. It isconcluded in this paper that ecosystem services in the Nyando wetland contribute significantly to the sustenance of the livelihood of the local communities and that the over dependency on the Nyando wetland by the local communities has resulted to over-exploitation of its resources leading to the degradation of the ecosystem. It is recommended that since the Nyando ecosystem is of high value to the communities living there, sustainable utilization of its resources is important for its sustenance and also in the reduction of the degradation of its resources.en_US
dc.identifier.citationMaithya, J., Ming’ate, F., & Letema, S. (2020). A Review on Ecosystem Services and their Threats in the Conservation of Nyando Wetland, Kisumu County, Kenya. Tanzania Journal of Science, 46(3), 711-722.en_US
dc.identifier.issn0856-1761
dc.identifier.issne-ISSN 2507-7961
dc.identifier.urihttps://tjs.udsm.ac.tz/index.php/tjs/article/view/63/45
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/22600
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Dar es Salaamen_US
dc.subjectWetlandsen_US
dc.subjectEcosystem servicesen_US
dc.subjectLivelihoodsen_US
dc.subjectSustainabilityen_US
dc.subjectConservationen_US
dc.titleA Review on Ecosystem Services and their Threats in the Conservation of Nyando Wetland, Kisumu County, Kenyaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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