Water resources policy and administrative management

The overall objective of the project is to mobilize Semonkong communities and forge consensus on appropriate interventions for wetland conservation and protection in Semonkong. Semonkong used to have an abundance of water resources, lush grasslands which are fast disappearing. The wild plants and animal species that thrived in the wetlands have now disappeared. This can be attributed to rapid population growth, development, climate change (intensive drought), overexploitation of the natural resources, overgrazing, soil erosion, absence of an overall plan environmental management and general collapse of traditional management practises. Many waterlogged areas in Semonkokng are gradually disappearing. Rivers and streams that are main source of Maletsunyane waterfall are drying up with the result that the waterfall has lost it`s natural beauty. Natural springs are also drying up and people are struggling to get water for domestic use.

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