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The number of waterbirds has been descreasing, but efforts to create a 50 metres (160 ft) wide buffer zone around the lake have improved the biodivesity habitat. A poorly conceived campaign to introduce oil palm cultivation in the
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Rwihinda is the only northern lake to have been protected for some time, with the goal of conserving its rich variety of birds. A management plan for the lake was published in 2005. The lake was part of the
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that was created in 2006. It was protected as a “Managed
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331:nymphaea
226:Location
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661:, INECN
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