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Lutembe Bay

Lutembe Bay

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Lutembe Bay is a wetland on the edge of Lake Victoria.

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Conservation

Lutumbe Bay is one of Uganda's 33 Important Bird Areas and since 2006 a Ramsar-listed wetland of international importance.[2] The bay is notable for its population of as many as 1.5m white-winged tern.[3]

in 2013 a portion of the wetland was illegally filled with soil by the flower export giant Rosebud Ltd.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    "Lutembe Bay Wetland System". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  2. [2]
    Ramsar Convention on Wetlands. "The Annotated Ramsar List: Uganda". Archived from the original on 7 January 2013. Retrieved 28 June 2012.
  3. [3]
    Byaruhanga, Achilles; Kasoma, Pantaleon; Pomeroy, Derek. "Uganda" (PDF). Country Profiles. BirdLife International. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
  4. [4]
    Muhumuza, Rodney (15 August 2013). "Uganda loses wetland to rose farming business". Miami Herald. AP. Retrieved 16 August 2013.


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