Threats To The Lake
There are a number of threats to the Lake, such as:
- Increase in the number of tourists visiting the lake affects breeding of avi fauna
- Construction of a road right up to the Lake
- Pasture degradation affecting wildlife, particularly wild herbivores (marmots, hares, ungulates)
- An increase in the grazing of Sheep in the wetlands surrounding the Lake
- The absence of a proper garbage disposal Facility at the Lake.
- Dogs kept by the people who live near the lake are known to attack the cranes and destroy their eggs.
- Jeep safaris have been known to chase wildlife such as Kiang and approach close to the breeding ground.
- Lack of regulations and monitoring by the government.
Read more about this topic: Tsomoriri Wetland Conservation Reserve
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