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The Government Of Qatar, As I Mentioned, Has Proposed To Come And Lease Kenya's Tana River Delta In Order To Farm There. What I Am Not Sure Of Is, Has An Environmental Impact Assessment Been Made To Ensure That Exploiting This Delta For Agricultural Activities Is The Best Way We Can Use The Delta?we Must Be Concerned About The Long-term Impact Of Agricultural Activities In The Delta.

Now When Nile Perch Was Introduced [into Lake Victoria], I Don't Think Enough Research Was Done; Maybe It Was Done, Maybe It Was Not. But Nile Perch Is A Huge Fish. So It Ate All The Little Fish, And It Grew Into A Monster Which The Local People Could Not Fish With Their Little Boats And Their Little Nets.

I Stand Before You And The World Humbled By This Recognition And Uplifted By The Honour Of Being The 2004 Nobel Peace Laureate. As The First African Woman To Receive This Prize, I Accept It On Behalf Of The People Of Kenya And Africa, And Indeed The World. I Am Especially Mindful Of Women And The Girl Child. I Hope It Will Encourage Them To Raise Their Voices And Take More Space For Leadership.

I Want To Do The Right Things - I Want To Plant Trees, I Want To Make Sure That The Indigenous Forests Are Protected Because I Know, Whatever Happens, These Are The Forests That Contain Biodiversity, These Are The Forests That Help Us Retain Water When It Rains And Keep Our Rivers Flowing, These Are The Forests That Many Future Generations Will Need.

Resources On The Planet Are Limited, And Limited Resources Can Come To An End. But There Are Also A Lot Of Resources That Are Renewable. A Lot Of Land, For Example, Can Be Reclaimed From The Encroaching Deserts.