An irrigation project that would have turned 20,000 hectares of the Tana River delta into sugarcane fields for biofuel production, appears grounded by protests from environmental conservationists. Environmentalists insist that the present state of the Tana Delta is the best way of improving the economic status of area residents – through tourism.
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