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 HERE ARE 8 NEGATIVE CONTRIBUTIONS OF FISHING TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF UGANDA Fishing requires boats and canoes and these claim a lot of forest cover for timber. Forests like Ssese and Mabira are getting depleted leading to reduced rainfall and soil erosion. Also on Lake Albert a lot of firewood is used to smoke fish causing deforestation of Budongo and Bugoma as well as air pollution. Fishing is risky since it involves drowning, for instance about 20 fishermen drown in Lake Albert per year. Also dangerous animals like crocodiles, especially in Lake Kyoga, have claimed a lot of people losing labour force which would have been used for economic development. Fishing leads to the growth of landing sites like Lambu and Kasenyi on Lake Victoria and these are associated with a lot of evils such as prostitution, immorality, robbery, etc. also the activity has encouraged illiteracy since very few people go to school and others drop out of school on landing sites affecting economic develo...

Have led to over exploitation of natural resources e.g. coal from the exposed Ruhr coalfield, and increased deforestation in the Vosges Mountains. Involves the pollution of the River Rhine due to oil spills particularly as a result of vessel collision. There is congestion due to heavy traffic along the waterway hence causing delays of merchandise. Led to growth of towns and their associated evils such slum development, prostitution which compromise people’s standard of living. Destruction of aquatic life such as shrimps and crustaceans due to marine activities along the waterway. There is high cost of water treatment due to polluted water as well as constant dredging to control siltation. Delays caused by single locks along the waterway. RELATED POSTS IMPORTANCE OF SOIL STRUCTURE     7 CHARACTERISTICS OF EQUATORIAL CLIMATE    7 ADVANTAGES OF WETLANDS     7 FACTORS INFLUENCING MASS WASTING    5 CONDITIONS FOR EXISTENCE OF CORAL REEFS ...

  Rapid population growth is the rapid increase of population in a certain area. Environment problems are situation or occurrences which degrade the quality of environment. The following are some of the environmental problems related to rapid population growth Deforestation, this is cutting down of trees. rapid population growth can cause since people will clear new area for agriculture and settlement. For example area in kisarawe and areas on the outskirt of Dar es salaam have been cleared for settlement expansion due to rapid population increase in dares salaam. Pollution, this is addition of unwanted substances on environment. Rapid population growth have led to increase wastes generation and increase in emission from industries due ti increase in demand which have led to increase in industrial activities . Loss of biodiversity , this is the reduction or total extinction of certain species of plants or animals in the planet. Rapid population increase have led to clearin...

  Desertification is a type of land degradation in which a relatively dry land region becomes increasingly arid, typically losing its bodies of water as well as vegetation and wildlife. It is caused by a variety of factors, such as climate change and human activities. In East Africa and other parts of Africa, a number of steps have been taken to combat desertification or reverse the trend of desertification. Causes of desertification. Desertification is basically caused by environmentally unfriendly human activities . However, to a small extent, it may be brought about by naturally existing conditions in the atmosphere that may lead to cycles of drought. Such atmospheric systems that result in cyclic changes or occurrences in the atmosphere have compounded the problem of desertification. Human activities that have contributed to desertification in East Africa in general include the following: Deforestation. Overgrazing. Overstocking. Bush burning. Reclamation of wetlands. Boreh...