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Ecological Sanitation in the Lake Zone: Awareness Creation and Action
(Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2004)
The paper expresses the concern on the haphazard over flowing sewage within the unplanned settlements of
the lacustrine communities of Lake Victoria basin and its impact on human health and Lake Biodiversity.
The paper ...
Review of the impact of water hyacinth on Lake Victoria: the case of Winam Gulf, Kenya.
(Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2004)
Water hyacinth, Eichhornia crassipes, invaded Lake Victoria in 1989 and has had significant social,
economic and environmental impacts, which remain largely unquantified. The biological control
administered by Kenya ...
Regional status report on Lake Victoria Frame surveys for 2000, 2002 and 2004: Kenya, Tanzania and Uganga
(LVFO, 2004)
Lake Victoria is very important to the economies of the East African Community
Partner States. The fishery has undergone major transformations since fish
catches increased following establishment of Nile perch (Lates ...
Conservation and improvement of the stocks of the originally most important Lake Victoria tilapiine, Oreochromis esculentus, Graham 1929
(Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2004)
The tilapiine fish species Oreochromis esculentus was endemic to only lakes Victoria and Kyoga, and
was the most important commercial fish species in these two lakes. This species started to decline
steadily after the ...
The impact of natural disasters, due to environmental change, on the livelihood of the Lake Victoria basin
(Department of Meteorology University of Nairobi, 2004)
The major forms of disasters include: Droughts, Floods, Terrorism, Landslides, HIV/AIDS and disease epidemics, Transport accidents, Fires/industrial hazards and pollution. There are other extreme outbreaks of diseases, ...
The Contribution of Lake Victoria Fisheries to the Economy of Tanzania
(Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2004)
This study focuses on the importance of Lake Victoria fisheries activities to the national
economy in terms of employment generation, income generation, and government revenue. The economic
linkage effect analytical ...
The 5th Regular Council of Ministers 2004
(LVFO, 2004-05-27)
The 5th Regular Council of Ministers held in Bagamoyo Tanzania at the Oceanic Hotel .
Distribution of Heavy Metals In Sediments of Mwanza Gulf of Lake Victoria, Tanzania
(Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2004)
A study was conducted in February - April 2000 with the aim of determination of heavy metal
concentrations in lake sediment at areas, which were considered as point- and non-point sources. A trend of
heavy metal variation ...
THE LVEMP COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION STRATEGY
(2004)
Since its inception in 1997, the Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project
(LVEMP) has made several efforts to integrate community participation across
all project components. Success in implementation of community ...
Characteristics of the Lake Victoria fishery based on frame surveys 2000 and 2002: with recommendations for development and management of the fishery
(LVFO, 2004)
Lake Victoria is the second largest freshwater body in the World. The lake has a surface area of 68,800 km2 of which 35,088 km2 (51%) is in Tanzania, Uganda 29,584 km2 (43%) is in Uganda, and 4,128 km2 is in Kenya 6%. It ...