land is in short supply due to the ground becoming oversalted with their livelihoods destroyed people are having to move inland but the diwali national park twelve kilometers away provides alternative sources of income a few years ago it was home to far fewer animals today it's a breed. ground for over three hundred species of birds including flamingoes there's both fresh water and salt water in the senegal river delta. nature conservation makes sense here protecting the ecosystem also creates jobs. fishermen sell their fish across the country and even in neighboring senegal. in the past people lived here from farming to. but really fishing makes most sense we can make a living from fishing all year round and benefit from the loch in the basin there