Browsing Lake Victoria Basin Commission (LVBC) by Subject "Environmental Management"
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Assessment of the potential of land suitability mapping with environmental overlays and potential usefulness of spatial planning for managing the Lake Victoria basin
(Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2006)Lake Victoria is Africa‟s largest and the world‟s second largest freshwater lake. It is one of the most important shared natural resource of Eastern Africa. The basin comprises of eleven major river basins and a large ... -
Brief On Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project To The Ministers Of State Vice President’s Office
(Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2005)Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP) is a comprehensive environmental program for the conservation of Lake Victoria and its basin. It is a regional Project formed under Tripartite Agreement signed on ... -
Buffering processes and capacity of Wetlands in the Kenyan portion of the Lake Victoria Basin
(SMEC International Pty Ltd, 2005)This report details the methodology and findings of a twelve month project undertaken by SMEC International for the National Environmental Management Authority (NEMA), Lake Victoria Environment Management Project (LVEMP) ... -
The diversity of aquatic birds and their relationship to aquatic ecosystems in the Lake Victoria basin
(Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2005)Lake Victoria basin harbours a variety of aquatic ecosystems mainly referred to as wetlands. These wetlands range from permanent swamps, open water bodies and river systems. The wetlands being a transition ecosystem between ... -
Knowledge and experiences gained from managing Lake Victoria ecosystem
(Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2014)Lake Victoria is considered one of the most important shared natural resource of Eastern Africa. The Lake Basin supports about 30 million people one million of whom are employed formally or informally in fish related ... -
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 ... -
Natural Resources Interventions and Investments for the Lake Victoria Basin
(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 ... -
OBJECTIVES OF LVEMP AND ITS IMPLEMENTATION
(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 ... -
Preparation of National / Regional Management Framework: Institutional Component for the Lake Victoria Basin Final National Report January 2007-Tanzania
(Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2007)Management.of Lake Basin depends on Institutions. Institutions administer the laws and establish the policies and rules and even incentives for management of the resources within the basin. They include traditional ... -
Private Sector Development Strategy for the Lake Victoria Basin
(Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2007)Global processes of economic and political liberalisation in the early nineties have dramatically changed the perceptions on the role and contribution of the private sector in economic and social development. In the ... -
Regional Lessons Learnt Draft Final Report
(Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2005)Lake Victoria Basin is rich with current value placed at about US$ 12.4 billion and which could be developed further with good management intervention. There are many factors that are threatening rich biodiversity and ... -
Status report on Lake Victoria frame surveys for 2000, 2002 and 2004-Uganda
(Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2005)Lake Victoria is economically very important to the East African Partner States. The fishery has undergone major transformations since fish catches increased following establishment of Nile perch (Lates niloticus) and ... -
Strategic Action Plan (SAP) for the Lake Victoria Basin
(Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2007)This Strategic Action Plan (SAP) report for the Lake Victoria Basin (LVB) covers Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda. It was commissioned by the EAC Secretariat as part of the preparation for the LVEMP II project. ...