Ecosystem services accrued from Lake Tanganyika play a significant role in socio-economic development of its four riparian states, namely, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania and Zambia. Based on the local, regional and global importance of ecosystem services from the Lake, the four riparian states deemed it imperative to ensure proper governance of the Lake hence on 12th June 2003, they unanimously signed the Lake Tanganyika Convention for the sustainable management of the lake basin. Read More
