We are giving Nature a voice. Water to Dust explores the threat facing Africa's and the world’s largest desert and alkaline lake, Lake Turkana. Its principal water source, the Omo river, has been dammed in neighboring Ethiopia. If the lake dries up, hundreds of thousands of Kenyans will lose their livelihoods as fishermen. Cattle grazing, previously the main occupation of pastoral tribes in the region, is now impossible to sustain as a source of income and food, because of spreading arid land and climate change. Will the world organizations watch and allow another Aral Sea disaster to happen, this time in Kenya? Scientists, NGOs and locals speak of the challenges, the daily problems and some solutions that hopefully turn this current around. The world needs a flourishing Lake Turkana; more importantly, the people living there need a flourishing Lake Turkana to live Some facts important facts about Lake Turkana 1. The dams being built by the Ethiopians: the people around Lake Turkana depend on for sustenance and their livelihoods. According to critics, the dam being built in stages by Ethiopia, "will condemn the lake to a not-so-slow death. 2. It is the world's largest permanent desert lake and the world's largest alkaline lake 3. Lake Turkana is now threatened by the construction of Gilgel Gibe III Dam in Ethiopia due to the damming of the Omo river which supplies most of the lake's water. 4. The lake is rich in fish and fishing is very important to the local economy, but this is threatened by falling water levels and overfishing. 5. The Lake Turkana region is home to hundreds of species of birds native to Kenya. 6. The lake formerly contained Africa's largest population of Nile crocodiles: 14,000, as estimated in a 1968 study by Alistair Graham. Not many left now. 7. Formerly known as Lake Rudolf (from colonial times of course), is a lake in the Kenyan Rift Valley, in northern Kenya, with its far northern end crossing into Ethiopia Available Worldwide #freedocumentary
someone needs to tell the president uhuru and or raila or the president of ethopia the consequences they should visit this lake in Russia lake aral , its not phoney ,nature do not forgive if the lake dries up the crocodile , birds and fish will surely due ,pple will loose jobs ,something needs to be done on the dam erected in ethopia , cant handle it but thro such forums its possible
@@ራእሲወልደሚካኤልሰለሙንTotally, you cannot force people to be fishermen the rest of their lives. You need to develop, it's not a choice it's a must. Your neighbors are doing the same, and of course is possible to do it in a sustainable way but for sure we need to sacrifice something. No pain no gain.
this documentary is from 2016, at the moment the lake is causing havoc due to the large amounts of water being deposited by the rivers that feed it including river omo. lots of hotels swallowed by the lake almost a reclamation of at least five kilometers outwards and a height increase of about two meters.
This is falsely informed doc. Lake is overflowing. Again foreigners speculating on the negative if it's related to Africa. Hydro power stations do not impede water flow. The big problem I see is too many people in one area too quickly.
@@AbdallahAli what most of the water that flows to lake Turkana comes from Kenya. We have had floods around rivers Tarkwer and Kerio this year remember. Stop this
GREAT PIECE. What doesn't make any sense to me is why Kenya's government, with so many government offices mandated with caretaking Kenya's natural resources, is not at the forefront of such issues. Why would private organizations and individuals be the ones to fight for Lake Turkana while the government is mum. Such a shame!
Probably bought off Kenyan politicians, Egypt has threatened war over a similar project on a Nile tributary that could destroy Egypt, Sudan and South Sudan.
This is a thought provoking video, bringing many emotions. It makes you realize people everywhere have environmental issues of great concern. Seeing those in the village and how appreciative of a simplistic lifestyle they are brought happy thoughts. thank you for sharing
@@pulle88 It's a large workforce that needs manufacturing jobs and not raw export business, which doesn't provide as many jobs. Europe only looks at Africa as a source of raw material, which isn't helping Africa.
@@coachjones6104 "Europe only looks at Africa as a source of raw material......." If Africans cared about anything , they would stop having children they can't feed
@@pulle88 I think Africa is waking up and some are telling Europe to kick rocks. Europe only cares about Europe, which is why they carved Africa up and put its neck on the African throat. Africa never knew what hit it as Europe fanned internal strife between tribes to weaken the dominant ones. This made colonization easier. The gold and other minerals, cultural artifacts and wildlife was pillaged. Europe doesn't have a desire to see Africa prosperous. They assassinate leaders working for the people and put in puppet leaders they allow to become rich through bribes and other means, as long as they get the minerals they need. The world knows the game. Africa needs gamechangers
Ethiopia is putting the whole of east Africa in jeopardy with such selfish and aggressive actions. Stopping Ethiopian aggressions is essential for a better and peaceful Africa, including Ethiopia itself
Yeah right, just like you guys have no idea how much damage and suffering you will do to Egypt and Sudan. your leaders were told about this before they went ahead but choose to act like hard headed thugs who will do as they please regardless. Your country will add more suffering in Africa when Africa is already full of suffering and will just create more wars and conflicts.
Thank you for understanding and feeling, please support Egypt and Sudan to stop renaissance dam from being built or at least approve on plan filling and operation
@@kareemsaadeldeen6990 ofc thanks to everyone who supports us in Egypt and Sudan but, we will put an end to ethiopian arrogance very soon by ourselves. they must stop being a bad neighbour.
I'm very much confused why countries in Africa choose hydroelectric powerplants when the fact is most of africa is in dire need of water....creating a dam would cause more draught in lower regions...since there's not much rain in their continent, the most available energy source for them would be the sun....why not build more solar plants instead of killing a water source?? With that much space, solar plants can equal the output of few dams
In 2021 all the lakes in the rift valley are now bursting their banks and overflowing, The runoff from the source has reversed the shrinking of most of them. Lake Turkana is now expanding
You mean shrinking, right? Or were you watching a different documentary? The lakes in the Rift Valley have different sources of water. They are overflowing because of unnaturally high rainfall, as well as Geo-thermal energy production. Please....watch this doc again...with headphones on, so you don't miss anything.
There was a story published about this. It has something to do with the production of Geo-thermal energy. However, I cannot be sure about the exact details. Something to investigate, for sure.
this is an old documentary, for the past 3 or so years lake turkana has expanded displacing thousands of indigenous people. the problem right now is flooding.
That's so sad no need to destroy people's culture and traditions when there are alternatives available. I love Kenya it's a beautiful country I hope to return one day and when I do I hope it's the same as I remember.
But lake Turnaka and all other Kenyan lakes along the Rift Valley have been swelling. 30000 people around lake Turnaka alone have been displaced by the rising water levels. tourism properties around the lake have also been submerged. So how can you explain this?
It's unfortunate how Kenya is surrounded by sadistic neighbors. Uganda forcefully took Migingo island from us, several Kenyan fishermen have been arrested by Ugandan and Tanzanian authorities on Lake Victoria and Somalia is now bent on grabbing the maritime territory that rightfully belongs to Kenya due to the oil wells discovered therein. Kenya will remain unbowed.
You can take back your migingo...that tin house filled island. ..it's the fish not the island that we want🤣🤣🤣🤣..and you guys are more sadistic than those you accuse, just look at the barriers you put for milk, maize, eggs, sugar, sugar cane etc from your neighbours...even from a small land locked country like uganda which is apparently your no 1 trading parterner in the region...you even demand 30%equity to East Africans wanting to open business in Kenya...you guys are killing the EAC dream...for example you locked out Ugandas maize claiming it had afflatoxin levels but research has shown the kenyan maize on the market has higher afflatoxin levels than that coming from Uganda, at one time kenyan leaders were more happy to import sugar from south America than buy the surplus sugar of neighbouring Uganda...so please stop complaining ...as for the Somalia dispute every sober person knows that maritime border is for Somalia not Kenya...🇺🇬🇹🇿🇷🇼🇰🇪🇧🇮🇨🇩🇸🇴🇸🇸
@@akhenatenmuriithi4493 sure because every sober person🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣ha ha it's before court wait for the out come hope the judges will be sober 🤣🤣🤣🤣🇺🇬🇸🇸🇸🇴🇨🇩🇧🇮🇰🇪🇷🇼🇹🇿
The British gave you the land know you coming after the sea keep daydreaming it will never ever happen we coming to take Gaarisa Wajir Mandheere Siolo back to we’re it belongs insha allah And this time there won’t be no British on your side
This is an old film. Just a few months ago there were reports of how Lake Turkana is swelling and displacing families, I don't get it. According to a statement of 21 August by the Turkana Governor Josphat Nanokhe, “recent water in the lake has surged to unprecedented levels from 500m to 800m claiming the once dry beaches, hotels, homes, government offices and displacement of more than 1,000 households.”22 Oct 2020
I have 3 wives and 12 kids... I have a hard rime keeping them all fed ... and i don't know why ...must be because there is no longer a lot of water...Not because we are over populating our country... how can we live for free if we can't fish ???
Before the lake shrunk, he was doing fine...now he will labour from dusk to dawn, and get nothing, or very little. The dam has affected their catch greatly. Secondly, polygamy is legal in Kenya and common amongst many tribes and religions. Nomadic tribes typically bear many children because most do not live beyond 5 yrs, and they also form part of the workforce in this deserted community. The Turkana are typically cattle herders, but as you can see, global warming has diminished most of the shrubbery and herds often die from hunger. They had to be convinced to find alternatives, and moved onto fishing as a source of food and income. In addition, regarding overpopulation, did you see any crowding there? That region is one of the most arid in the country. If disease, snake bites, crocodiles, leopards, etc don't kill you, starvation will.
Am lost . When was this doc filmed? People around Lake Turkana and other lakes in the Great rift Valley are now worried and wondering what to do now that the lakes are expanding and taking up the farm lands , even schools compounds are being swallowed slowly by the lakes for the last two years.
Yes the boys from the west and Europe. .. always have to find a negative story to tell when Africa tries to develop resources. Lakes overflowing probably due to dams causing more evaporation.
My friend, the source of Lake Turkana water is River Omo which is located in Ethiopia. Their giant dam project is impeding the flow of water downstream to the lake, hence the shrinkage. Fish breed when the lake is flooded and fish stocks have been depleting as a result. The Rift valley lakes get their water from rainfall, groundwater and geo-thermal springs. The recent expansion of these lakes has been as a direct result of unusually high rainfall in these regions due to global warming, and people farming too close to the lakes. In addition, the increasing geo-thermal energy output by Kengen is causing more water to seep up through the fissures. So, there are a multitude of reasons. Hope I help explain this in a nutshell.
What are the possible solution. Let's face it, Ethiopian needs electricity and its going to build those dams. But could they be designed so as to let out more water than they otherwise would, so that the lakes don't dry up. They should stop the sugar plant farming tho, I don't see the real need for that.
@@muriithimukonyoro9960 I'm wondering what the Turkana governor is doing with all the CDF funds? One can see that these guys don't even have basic facilities! Where is the money going? And why isn't he going to see what his constituents and voters are going through, and post a bill in Parliament? This is tragic and shameful. Some leaders when campaigning, promise people the world, then after getting elected, are nowhere to be seen, until the next cycle. I have no words...
Those dams will continue to be built to keep Ethiopia going. They don't care about the people of Kenya. The Kenyans living off Lake Turkana should move. That lake will turn into a dead salt pond and the people's presense only hurts that environment more
The dam will also affect water supply in Uganda and Egypt, and the Egyptians are furious...The Nile is their only source of fresh water, and most cities in Egypt are based around the river for this reason. Ethiopia seemed to have acted unilaterally without consulting the neighboring countries which would be affected. I guess the solution now, would be aggressive diplomacy and the creation of a task force from each affected country, to mitigate against the dire results of this dam.
probably people will assume because it's currently flooding it'll be forever forgetting how drought usually hits those regions. they should be farming now. but in all kenya has the most useless government one could ever think of,too many irrelevant offices that do nothing but do i say.
It's sad that our government is doing nothing . This is something worth military intervention as welll as humanitarian agencies such as UNEP & UNCHR . This can cause regional conflicts & displacement of people .
For all of my Africa brothers and sisters watching this..white man will never say anything positive about our continent.We need development and the dam is one of them.if its a mistake;let us make the mistake coz Africa is our home.
...perhaps Ethiopia can explain why China has their hands in Ethiopian business, why they are suffering the delusion that a river for the whole of the countries and land through which it flows should be theirs alone and why they aren't so very concerned with what goes on in their tiny neck of the woods: "Child trafficking is a common practice in Ethiopia, responsible for forcing children into domestic and sex work. This practice, prominent in the Capital, Addis Ababa, has seen people sell 20,000 children into the trafficking industry despite laws that prohibit the practice."
How about the 100 000 000 million people whose lively hood depend on donours and creditors shoud'nt we have a little concern. I am a shamed african who has no mercy for their neibours
They are busy campaigning...and 300, 000, does not a president make. The people don't even have basic needs or any forms of communication. They voted...now they are on their own...It is a very sorry state of affairs...
Bother this is video from 6yr a go , currently the lack is creating havoc b/c of high level and high amount of waters 💧! Cross check it Dont be influenced by westerns
All this has happened yet our president uhuru kenyatta really has no idea what's happening. but kenyans are to blame for the choice of leaders they choose
The Dam building mania in Ethiopia threatens the survival of Egypt, Sudan, South Sudan and Kenya, perhaps it is time those four nations leaders and Generals discussed a military solution to this issue since Ethiopia refuses for the most part to agree to mitigate the impending disaster to these 4 nations.
Kenya and Ethiopia don't do wars vs each other. Plus these projects would have already have been discussed at length. There must be a blueprint to this.
IF THE LAVA ARE DIE INSIDE THE LAND WATER ARE LOST BECAUSE WATER ARE CAME FROM THE MOISTURE OF LAVA,, AFTER THE DRYING OF LAKE THE NEXT OF THAT ARE THE SINKING OR COLLAPSE OF THE LAKE OOR LAND BECAUSE IF THE LAVA ARE DIE MANY GIANT CAVE ARE MADE ANF IF THE SOIL ARE SOFT SINKING ARE THE RESULT
You guys are stealing our ocean, Somalia...Since when does a country's maritime border, flow diagonally downwards? Can you please educate yourself on maritime law then come come to me on this debate? Stop making jokes! You take enough from Kenya...stop stealing our fish as well!
Did you look at an atlas before you typed? Ethiopia is landlocked. Secondly, even if it wasn't, desalinisation plants are multi-billion dollar projects, which is why just a handful of countries have even dared to use this technology.
When did you film this documentary ? I am sure its not in this year ,because this year that is 2020/21 Lake Turkana flooded and swallow a lot of villages and lodges around it :) Ethiopia already built its dam and using probably 10% of The Omo river water to irrigate its sugar plantation.Not that I oppose the usage of more water. As Africans we need to wake up and build our continent with our God given natural resource.All this nonsense documentary comes from the white people who use all the resource to develop their country ,and want us to be poor and miserable as we are now .
hydro power carbon emission is 0%. the industries of the developed countries is the main cause for global environmental pollution , drought , global warming...etc. First it is better to press their own government destroying the nature not a country trying to build a green economy under the adverse effects of global pollution caused by their negligence. What is your moral ground to criticize a country fighting to balance your pollution rate and nature for centuries and paying the ultimate price? Ethiopia is trying to develop its own green recyclable energy natural resources not consuming and exploiting other nation's resources. instead of helping this effort your country governments and politicians, took it as the easiest way to deplete other nation's resources by destroying them as if they were not a part of mother nature as a whole. Please focus on the root of a problem not the branches if you really CARE. { unless you only do care for your PHD/BSc research projects only. That is humanity which matters in the universe not some university study }
Ethiopia will generate Electricity, and develop, i ashamed by this documentary and the interview, after you did what you want to do in Africa, then now you're trying to tell us what to do, asl
