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A report on the Impact of Fisheries on the Resources along the shores of Lake Victoria
(2002)
The field study covered a huge area and has come up with a number of observations and several of these are linked. The results are summarized as follows: Indicators of consumption were identified and observations of ...
Applied Research Programme for Lake Victoria Basin
(Bureau for Industrial Cooperation (BICO), 2006)
The Lake Victoria basin is a very strategic zone for the socio-economic development of East
Africa. Heavy degradation of the environment, pollution of water resources and loss of
biodiversity both in terrestrial and ...
Summaries of research findings under buffering capacity of Wetlands sub-component
(Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2004)
The aim of the assessment was to identify location, type and size of wetlands in the Tanzanian part of Lake Victoria basin including both fringing and non-fringing wetlands. Assessment of fringing wetlands has been completed ...
Characteristics of the Lake Victoria fishery based on frame surveys 2000 and 2002: with recommendations for development and management of the fishery
(Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2004)
Lake Victoria is one of the major economic assets and a symbol of unity among
the Partner States of the East African Community (EAC). The Partner States
have declared the lake basin and its basin an Economic Zone to be ...
Fisheries research component report on scientific findings July 1997 to June, 2002
(Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2007)
The Fisheries Research Component is being implemented under three sub-components namely Fisheries Biology and Biodiversity Conservation, Socio-economics, Aquaculture and Information and Database. The overall objective of ...
Scientific findings August 1997-June 2002
(Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2002)
Water hyacinth –Eichhornia crassipes (mart) Solms (Pontederiaceae), is widely recognized as the world worst aquatic weed. Likewise, water hyacinth is considered to be the most serious aquatic weed in Tanzania. This free ...
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 ...
Lesson learnt from land use management through Integrated Soil and Water Conservation (ISWC)
(Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2005)
River Nyando is one of seven major rivers within the Kenyan side of the Lake Victoria
Drainage Basin. The other six rivers are Sio, Nzoia, Yala, Mara, Sondu-Miriu and Kuja-
Migori. The Nyando and Nzoia rivers have been ...
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, ...