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    • Survey and Mapping of Land Use/Cover and Erosion Hazard in Lake Victoria Basin 

      Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP) (Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2001)
      This study has provided the spatial extent and magnitude of the soil erosion in the basin and identifies priority areas for immediate interventions. Such areas are referred in this report as hot-spot areas. It has also ...

    • Sustainable Climate Smart Agriculture In The Lake Victoria Basin 

      Lake Victoria Basin Commission (Lake Victoria Basin Commission, 2013)
      To contribute to improved household income and the nutrition among the communities in the Lake Victoria Basin. i)To build the capacity for farmers in integrated fish farming in selected communities with the five partner ...

    • Synthesis Report On Fisheries Research And Management 

      Mgaya, YD (Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2005)
      Lake Victoria is the largest tropical lake in the world with a surface area, 68,800 km2 (Bootsma and Hecky 1993). The lake is shared by three countries, with 51% share in Tanzania, 43% in Uganda, and 6% in Kenya. Its land ...

    • Tanzania National Water Quality Synthesis Report 

      Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP) (Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2005)
      The Water quality and Ecosystem Management Component of the Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP) in Tanzania for the past five years have made a considerable progress towards understanding Lake Victoria ...

    • A toolkit for mainstreaming gender and rights based approaches in agricultural plantations in Lake Victoria Basin in the context of HIV/AIDS 

      Lake Victoria Basin Commission (Lake Victoria Basin Commission, 2011)

    • The total economic value of Maasai Mau, Trans Mara and Eastern Mau forest blocks, of the Mau forest, Kenya 

      Lake Victoria Basin Commission (Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2011)
      The Mau Forest Complex is the largest closed‐canopy forest ecosystem in Kenya comprising different forest blocks under different management regimes. The study covered three of the Mau Forest Complex blocks, i.e. Eastern ...

    • The total economic value of Maasai Mau, Trans Mara and Eastern Mau forest blocks, of the Mau forest, Kenya 

      Lake Victoria Basin Commission (2011)
      The Mau Forest Complex is the largest closed‐canopy forest ecosystem in Kenya comprising different forest blocks under different management regimes. The study covered three of the Mau Forest Complex blocks, i.e. Eastern ...

    • The trans-boundary Mara River Basin strategic environmental assessment (MRB SEA) 

      Lake Victoria Basin Commission (Lake Victoria Basin Commission, 2012)
      The Mara is not a large river, and ever increasing abstractions are certain to, at some point in the future, severely degrade the riverine ecosystem and even impinge upon the most basic needs of people living along the ...

    • Transboundary Lake Basin Management: Laurentian and African Great Lakes 

      Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP) (Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2011)
      The twinning of lake-governance systems offers unconventional learning opportunities. It allows twinned organizations to learn from each other’s mistakes and use that information to explain to stakeholders why a ...

    • Upscaling of Lake Victoria water supply and sanitation program 

      Lake Victoria Basin Commission (Lake Victoria Basin Commission, 2013)

    • The Vision and Strategy Framework for Management and Development of Lake Victoria Basin 

      Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP) (Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2003)
      Lake Victoria is the world’s second largest fresh-water lake and the largest in Africa, with a surface area of 68,800 km2. The Lake basin area covers 193,000 km2 with Tanzania occupying 44 per pent, Kenya 22 per pent, ...

    • Water hyacinth on the River mouth to Lake Victoria 2011 

      Lake Victoria Basin Commission (Lake Victoria Basin Commission, 2011)
      Aquatic weeds adversely affect water quality, biodiversity, amenity and recreational values of water bodies. Community, social, cultural and economic values derived from such water bodies are therefore impaired. Invasive ...

    • Water Quality & Human Health around Lake Victoria. 

      Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP) (Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2004)
      Much has been achieved during LVEMP1 in terms of the countries’ understanding of the Lake Victoria ecosystem, but still there is a limited knowledge of the water quality in various parts (particularly bays) of the Lake ...

    • Water quality and ecosystem status 

      Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP) (Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2005)
      The Winam Gulf’s aquatic environment (Figure 1) represents a considerable part of the economic potential of the country, e.g. with regard to fisheries and navigation. However, the use, the management and the preservation ...

    • Water quality and ecosystem status 

      Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP) (Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2005)
      The Water quality and Ecosystem Management Components of the Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP) in the three riparian countries (Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda) have made considerable progress towards ...