Benin: Lake Nokoué, a natural heritage to be safeguarded

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Lake Nokoué. © RFI / Anne-Cécile Bras

By: Anne-Cécile Bras Follow

With its 20 km wide and 11 km long, the lagoon complex of Lake Nokoué located north of Cotonou is the most productive of fish in West Africa, it is a place of navigation to Nigeria and the area of the largest lake villages on the continent.

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Its history and the richness of its natural ecosystem make it an exceptional heritage to restore quickly. Report on the water with the boatman Joseph, Alexis Chaigneau and Armelle Choplin, IRD researchers and Fohla Mouftaou, co-founder of Green Keeper.

(Replay of January 11, 2019).

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