METHODS OF FISHING

MORDERN

Purse seining

Trawling – fishing done by a trawle net

Long lining

Net drifting/ gill net

MULTIPURPOSE RIVER PROJECTS

A multi is a set

Eg

To control floods

To irrigate crops

For H.E.P

To increase fish production

To attract tourist

To trap water for domestic and industrial use

Multi purpose

The aswan dam – irrigation, food production – found in NORTHERN BORDER OF EGYPT IN 1960

Volta/akasombo – in Zimbabwe and Zambia fo HEP

Karimba dam – found Zambia for H.E.P

Tana- hep Kenya

PROBLEMS EXPERIENCED WHILE PUTTING UP THE PROJECTS

1 lack of capital

2 Displacement of people

3 siltation of the dam

4 Reduction of fertile silt downstream

5 reduction of fish downstream

6 Pests and diseases eg malaria and bilharzia

BENEFITS OF MULTI PURPOSE RIVER PROJECTS

1 cheap power of industries is available

2 lakes formed behind the dam attract tourists

3 transport has been improved

4 jobs have been created in industries

5 anual floods have been improved

6 climate around the lake has been improved

FORESTY

FOREST – a large area covered with trees

FORESTRY – ESTABLISHING and taking care of forests

TYPES OF FORESTS

PLANTED/MAN MADED FORESTS

NATURAL FORESTS

PLANTED

TREES grow in rows

Type ; cider , cypress , wattle , pine

NATURAL

HARDWOOD EG mvule meru oak mahogany ebony