Rapid Risk Assessment of the Lokichar – Lamu Crude Oil Pipeline
World Wide Fund (WWF)
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Abstract: The study concludes by noting that although the LLCOP may bring about important economic gains for the country, it also comes with significant environmental and socio-economic risks. While the potential direct impacts of the LLCOP might be moderate, it is the indirect impacts of the pipeline and its associated infrastructure that may pose the most significant threats to these ecosystems. In Samburu County for example, where the pipeline crosses conservancies, this could lead to new settlements, habitat fragmentation, increase in poaching and negative impacts on local tourism. In Lamu, where the pipeline has its marine terminal, the risks emanating from shipping activities including oil spills, pose a significant threat to local fisheries and tourism.