[ Vulnérabilités environnementales du Lac Mai-Ndombe: Une contribution à la résolution de la crise environnementale des écosystèmes lacustres en République Démocratique du Congo ]
Volume 39, Issue 3, May 2023, Pages 1139–1148
Jean Rufin MUNKUOMO GONZALEZE1
1 Professeur de l’écologie, Université Pédagogique Nationale, RD Congo
Original language: French
Copyright © 2023 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, lake ecosystems, absolutely necessary sources, in particular for the production of fishery resources, are today threatened by both artisanal and industrial overexploitation. This overexploitation is a serious threat to the ecological balance, environmental protection and maintenance of the biodiversity of these aquatic ecosystems. This study, which falls within the framework of nature conservation and environmental education, seeks to understand in a multidimensional vision how the young students of the Higher Pedagogical Institute of Inongo identify, analyze and measure the importance of these ecological problems that cause the degradation of the environmental health of Lake Mai-Ndombe. The results of this study will be able to guide the national authorities in their decision to integrate the course of ecology into the undergraduate program at the University. Because the quality of the environmental governance of Lake Mai-Ndombe in the future depends on it.
Author Keywords: Lake, ecosystem, fishing resources, biodiversity, environmental education, environmental culture.
Volume 39, Issue 3, May 2023, Pages 1139–1148
Jean Rufin MUNKUOMO GONZALEZE1
1 Professeur de l’écologie, Université Pédagogique Nationale, RD Congo
Original language: French
Copyright © 2023 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, lake ecosystems, absolutely necessary sources, in particular for the production of fishery resources, are today threatened by both artisanal and industrial overexploitation. This overexploitation is a serious threat to the ecological balance, environmental protection and maintenance of the biodiversity of these aquatic ecosystems. This study, which falls within the framework of nature conservation and environmental education, seeks to understand in a multidimensional vision how the young students of the Higher Pedagogical Institute of Inongo identify, analyze and measure the importance of these ecological problems that cause the degradation of the environmental health of Lake Mai-Ndombe. The results of this study will be able to guide the national authorities in their decision to integrate the course of ecology into the undergraduate program at the University. Because the quality of the environmental governance of Lake Mai-Ndombe in the future depends on it.
Author Keywords: Lake, ecosystem, fishing resources, biodiversity, environmental education, environmental culture.
Abstract: (french)
En République Démocratique du Congo les écosystèmes lacustres, sources absolument nécessaires, notamment à la production des ressources halieutiques sont aujourd’hui menacés par une surexploitation tant artisanale qu’industrielle. Cette surexploitation constitue une grave menace qui pèse sur l’équilibre écologique, la protection environnementale et le maintien de la biodiversité de ces écosystèmes aquatiques. Cette étude qui rentre dans le cadre de la conservation de la nature et de l’éducation environnementale, cherche à comprendre dans une vision multidimensionnelle comment les jeunes étudiants de l’Institut Supérieur Pédagogique d’Inongo identifient, analysent et mesurent l’importance de ces problèmes écologiques qui causent la dégradation de la santé environnementale du lac Mai-Ndombe. Les résultats de cette étude pourront orienter les autorités nationales dans leur décision pour intégrer dans le programme du premier cycle à l’Université le cours de l’écologie. Car, la qualité de la gouvernance environnementale du lac Mai-Ndombe dans le futur en dépend.
Author Keywords: Lac, écosystème, ressources halieutiques, biodiversité, éducation environnementale, culture environnementale.
How to Cite this Article
Jean Rufin MUNKUOMO GONZALEZE, “Environmental vulnerabilities of Lake Mai-Ndombe: A contribution to solving the environmental crisis of lake ecosystems in the Democratic Republic of Congo,” International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, vol. 39, no. 3, pp. 1139–1148, May 2023.
