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Buffering capacity studies in a rural and an urban wetland in Lake Victoria catchment, Uganda
(1Wetlands Inspection Division, Ministry of Water, Lands and Environment, P. O. Box 9629, Kampala Uganda. 2 Chemistry Department, Makerere University, P. O. Box 7062, Kampala, Uganda, 2006)
Wetlands are known to filter water from catchments by retaining solid waste and eroded sediments
from catchment areas. They reduce the impact of flooding, speed of flow, and hence store water while
releasing it slowly. ...
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 ...
Household Welfare Impacts of the Water Hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) in the Kenyan Side of Lake Victoria
(2002)
Lake Victoria is an important source of livelihood for not only Kenyans residing next to it but the rest of East Africa and The Great Nile Valley. Nevertheless, Lake Victoria and therefore the livelihood of fishermen ...
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 ...
Status report on Lake Victoria frame surveys for 2000, 2002 and 2004-Tanzania
(Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2005)
This is a report of the third simultaneous Frame Survey conducted on Lake Victoria on 27 - 30th April 2004. The survey was carried out simultaneously between the three partner states sharing Lake Victoria. It involved a ...
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 ...
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 ...
Mara River Basin Transboundary Integrated Water Resources Management and Development Project Mara River Basin Monograph
(2008)
The Mara River Basin is shared between Kenya and Tanzania and covers seven districts:
Nakuru, Bomet, Narok, Transmara, Serengeti, Tarime, and Musoma Rural. The river has a
catchment area of about 13,750 km2, with an upper ...
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 ...