Browsing LVBC Programmes and Projects by Title
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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. ... -
Strengthening community based natural resources management in the Maasai Mara - Serengeti ecosystem
(Lake Victoria Basin Commission, 2011)This consultancy was undertaken by the Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute (KMFRI) for Lake Victoria Basin Commission (LVBC), with a goal of preparing a basis for strenghtening of Community Based Natural Resource ... -
Strengthening meteorological services on the Lake
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A study of impacts of fishing pressure on Nile perch fishery on Lake Victoria (Uganda) using fisher folk community collected data
(Fisheries Resources Department, P.O. Box 4, Entebbe, Uganda, 2011)Fishery management on Lake Victoria in Uganda is constrained by lack of an effective fishery monitoring and regulatory mechanism, coupled with inadequate budgetary allocations to the fisheries sub-sector. This has led ... -
Study on Agrochemical Handling and Use in Magu District
(2002)This reports on a study on handling and use of agro-chemicals in Magu District, Mwanza Region, Tanzania. It has been found that there is misuse and improper handling of the chemicals. Farmers lack enough knowledge of the ... -
A study on aquatic biodiversity in the Lake Victoria Basin
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Study on Water quality & human health Around Lake Victoria
(2004)Much has been achieved during LVEMP1 in terms of the countries’ understanding of the Lake Victoria ecosystem, but still there is a limited knowledge of the water quality in various parts (particularly bays) of the Lake ... -
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 ... -
Survey and Mapping of Land Use/Cover and Erosion Hazard in Lake Victoria Basin
(Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2001)This study has provided the spatial extent and magnitude of the soil erosion in the basin and identifies priority areas for immediate interventions. Such areas are referred in this report as hot-spot areas. It has also ... -
Sustainable Climate Smart Agriculture In The Lake Victoria Basin
(Lake Victoria Basin Commission, 2013)To contribute to improved household income and the nutrition among the communities in the Lake Victoria Basin. i)To build the capacity for farmers in integrated fish farming in selected communities with the five partner ... -
Synthesis Report On Fisheries Research And Management
(Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2005)Lake Victoria is the largest tropical lake in the world with a surface area, 68,800 km2 (Bootsma and Hecky 1993). The lake is shared by three countries, with 51% share in Tanzania, 43% in Uganda, and 6% in Kenya. Its land ... -
Tanzania National Water Quality Synthesis Report
(Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2005)The Water quality and Ecosystem Management Component of the Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP) in Tanzania for the past five years have made a considerable progress towards understanding Lake Victoria ... -
A toolkit for mainstreaming gender and rights based approaches in agricultural plantations in Lake Victoria Basin in the context of HIV/AIDS
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The total economic value of Maasai Mau, Trans Mara and Eastern Mau forest blocks, of the Mau forest, Kenya
(Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2011)The Mau Forest Complex is the largest closed‐canopy forest ecosystem in Kenya comprising different forest blocks under different management regimes. The study covered three of the Mau Forest Complex blocks, i.e. Eastern ... -
The total economic value of Maasai Mau, Trans Mara and Eastern Mau forest blocks, of the Mau forest, Kenya
(2011)The Mau Forest Complex is the largest closed‐canopy forest ecosystem in Kenya comprising different forest blocks under different management regimes. The study covered three of the Mau Forest Complex blocks, i.e. Eastern ... -
Traditional Uses of Cyperus Papyrus (L) and Associated Problems at Simiyu Fringing Wetland of Lake Victoria, Mwanza region, Tanzania
(Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2004)A study was conducted during 1999/2000 period with the view of determining: traditional uses; associated problems; and strategies for sustainable utilization of papyrus around Simiyu wetland fringing Speke Gulf of Lake ... -
Traditional wetland practices in rural communities in Uganda
(Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2005)One of the major ways to develop policies and guidelines for sustainable use of wetlands is through a better understanding of their traditional uses. This is because traditional management systems are based on indigenous ... -
The trans-boundary Mara River Basin strategic environmental assessment (MRB SEA)
(Lake Victoria Basin Commission, 2012)The Mara is not a large river, and ever increasing abstractions are certain to, at some point in the future, severely degrade the riverine ecosystem and even impinge upon the most basic needs of people living along the ... -
Transboundary Lake Basin Management: Laurentian and African Great Lakes
(Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2011)The twinning of lake-governance systems offers unconventional learning opportunities. It allows twinned organizations to learn from each other’s mistakes and use that information to explain to stakeholders why a ...