Conservation Lake Tanganyika

Ndole Bay Lodge is the driving force behind conservation in Nsumbu National Park. Over time we have come to understand that to preserve the natural resource that is Lake Tanganyika, a wider more comprehensive approach was needed. The idea of forming a fully inclusive conservation society has been growing for some time and has finally become a reality in 2012.

CLT aims “to promote and preserve the biodiversity of Lake Tanganyika for the sustainable benefit of its inhabitants through a partnership with the community and GRZ.” Nsumbu National Park in the south western corner of the lake is identified as a vital area for biodiversity conservation of the greater Lake Tanganyika area; and it is here where the focus of CLT begins.

We believe that Conservation Lake Tanganyika can provide a bridge between the immediate needs of the area human communities and the protection that is urgently required to ensure the recovery of wildlife and fish populations to optimum carrying capacities at which they will be usable in a sustainable manner for the benefit of the local people.

For our dream to become reality we need help in preserving this Natural Wonder under threat, if you have any interest in conservation, community development or fisheries management there are opportunities for volunteers and partnerships to achieve our goal. But most of all we need financial help to get CLT off the ground and begin work before the destruction of one of the world’s greatest natural wonders is irreparable.

Please visit
www.conservationtanganyika.org
for more information.