Browsing Lake Victoria Basin Commission (LVBC) by Title

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    • Mara river basin-wide water allocation plan 

      Lake Victoria Basin Commission (Lake Victoria Basin Commission, 2013)
      The Mara River Basin (MRB) is an important hydrologic system that not only serves the bordering countries of Kenya and Tanzania, but also exists as a valuable input to Lake Victoria, the world’s second largest freshwater ...

    • Mara: Commitment to save ecosystem 

      Lake Victoria Basin Commission (Lake Victoria Basin Commission, 2012)
      Introduction The quarter ending September 2012 and most of our activities in the past year point to the fact that the issues and challenges facing the Lake Victoria Basin remain largely the same. Environmentally, the ...

    • Maritime Communications For Safety On Lake Victoria (MCSLV) 

      Lake Victoria Basin Commission (Lake Victoria Basin Commission, 2013)
      The project is designed around the 4th EAC Development Strategy (2011-2016) addressing the navigation safety intervention area and will contribute towards the provision of cheap, efficient, safe and environmentally ...

    • The medicinal plants and their species diversity in Lake Victoria Basin 

      Manohar, Shyam (Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2004)
      The management of medicinal plants has become a matter of international concern because these plants are generally wild in distribution and very few species are cultivated or planted. Presently, almost every Aayurvedic ...

    • Mid Term Review of Mount Elgon Regional Ecosystem Conservation Programme (MERECP) 

      Larsen, Thor S; Kamugasha, Benjamin Nganwa; Karani, Irene (2008)
      This is a report of the Mid Term Review (MTR) of the Mt. Elgon Regional Ecosystem Conservation Programme (MERECP). The MTR has, according to its TOR, been requested to assess overall progress, results achieved compared ...

    • Mount Elgon Regional Ecosystem Conservation Programme 

      Lake Victoria Basin Commission (Lake Victoria Basin Commission, 2011)
      The Mt Elgon Regional Ecosystem Conservation Programme (MERECP) is jointly funded by the Governments of Norway and Sweden. MERECP is supporting a trans-boundary ecosystem initiative under the auspices of the East African ...

    • Mount Elgon Regional Ecosystem Conservation Programme (MERECP) 

      Lake Victoria Basin Commission (Lake Victoria Basin Commission, 2010)
      An agreement was signed between IUCN-The World Conservation Union and ICRAF-The World Agroforestry Centre on 31 May 2006 to collaborate in the implementation of the Mount Elgon Regional Ecosystem Conservation Programme ...

    • National lessons learnt consultancy on wetlands component activities 

      Raburu, Phillip (Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2005)
      This report presents a critical review of activities carried out by LVEMP Wetlands Component in the last seven years of the project with a view of coming up with lessons learnt form interventions implemented in the entire ...

    • Natural occurrence and potential of pathogenic fungi for integrated management of water hyacinth, Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms-Laubach: Pontederiaceae, in Lake Victoria. 

      Kusewa, Mwende Teresia (School of Environmental Studies Moi University, 2002)
      These studies were conducted to determine the natural occurrence of pathogenic fungi assciated with water hyacinth in Lakes Victoria and Naivasha in Kenya. The aim was to investigate the potential of integrating some of ...

    • Natural Resources Interventions and Investments for the Lake Victoria Basin 

      Appropriate Development Consultant Limited-(ADCL (Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2006)
      The Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project Phase I The Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project Phase I (LVEMP I) was implemented in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania since July 1997. The Project was executed by ...

    • Nutrient input into Lake Victoria from Atmospheric Deposition: The Case of Phosphorus 

      Machiwa, Praxeda; Tungu, Gogadi (Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2002)
      Phosphorus input into lake Victoria from atmospheric deposition was estimated by setting two sampling stations: one in rural (Itumbili) and another in urban (Igogo) settings. Nutrient estimation from both wet and dry ...

    • Nyungwe-Kibira transboundary conservation programme 

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

    • OBJECTIVES OF LVEMP AND ITS IMPLEMENTATION 

      Nyirabu, Christopher M (Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2002)
      The LVEMP is a comprehensive environmental regional program which aims at rehabilitating Lake Victoria and its catchment for the benefit of the people who live in the catchment as well as the global community. The ...

    • Opportunities Unveiled 

      Lake Victoria Basin Commission (2011)

    • Overview of Lake Victoria frame survey 2000 - Uganda 

      Wadanya, Jackson (Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2002)
      This paper gives observations made on the frame survey that was carried out on the Uganda part of Lake Victoria in March 2000. The paper highlights the major changes affecting fishing, fishing gears and facilities in the ...

    • An overview of the present status of Water Quality of Lake Victoria, Kenya: A limnological perspective 

      Njuru, PG (Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, LVEMP Water Quality Component, 2008)
      Sampling for nutrients, Chrolophyll-a and total suspended solids was done in 9 in-lake stations in the Kenyan part of Lake Victoria between December 2000 and October 2001. In-situ measurements of temperature, dissolved ...

    • Pilot study on catch assessment surveys by BMUS for sustainable management of Lake Victoria 

      Mkumbo, OC; Nsinda, P (Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2004)
      The need to have a functional CAS system for Lake Victoria fisheries, to monitor changes and have reliable indices of relative abundance for the management of fisheries resources has been realised by all stakeholders ...

    • Pollution loads into Lake Victoria from the Kenyan catchment 

      Okungu, John; Peterlis, Opango (Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2002)
      Lake Victoria has experienced eutrophication problems. This is attributable to pollution due to an expanding population, a rapidly developing technology, and increased industrial and food production. Pollution from ...

    • Potential impacts of Kirinya wetland in treating secondary municipal effluent from Jinja stabilisation ponds 

      Kansiime, Frank; Mwesigye, Patrick (Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2004)
      Kirinya West wetland is located on northern shores of Lake Victoria in Jinja- Uganda. The wetland receives secondary treated effluent from the stabilisation ponds owned and operated by National Water and Sewerage ...

    • Potential of fungal pathogens for biological control of water hyacinth 

      Molo, Richard; Ogwang, James A (Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2005)
      A survey of fungal pathogens of water hyacinth were under taken in lakes Victoria and Kyoga and River Nile in Uganda and several potential isolates including Alternaria eichhorniae (Nag Raj and Ponnappa), Cercospora sp. ...