Kenya: Lake Turkana added to List of World Heritage in Danger

A World Heritage Committee meeting in Manama decided on 28 June to inscribe the Lake Turkana National Parks on the List of World Heritage in Danger, citing the impact of Ethiopia’s Gibe III dam on the site.The committee expressed concern about the changes affecting the hydrology of the Lake Turkana Basin, notably the disruptive effect of Gibe III on the flow and ecosystem of Lake Turkana, and Ethiopia’s huge Kuraz Sugar Development Project, which will include a significant irrigation element posing a further threat to water flows.