Browsing LVBC Programmes and Projects by Title
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HIV Sero-behavioural Study in the Fishing Communities along Lake Victoria in Uganda
(2010)The survey fieldwork was conducted in forty six fishing communities of the Lake Victoria Basin of Uganda in August 2010. The main aim was to establish HIV prevalence among fishing communities, the associated drivers of ... -
HIV Sero-behavioural Study In Two Agricultural Plantations In Lake Victoria Basin, Kenya
(2010)The HIV and AIDS pandemic remains a global public health challenge. By the year 2009, an estimated 33.3 million people were living with HIV and there were 2.6 million new infections in the same period. Sub-Saharan Africa ... -
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 ... -
Identification and mapping of ecologically sentive areas(ESAS) in Lake Victoria
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Impact of Livestock Grazing to Fringing Wetlands of Lake Victoria (Tanzania Experience)
(Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2002)A baseline study was carried out in October/November 1999 to assess the impacts of Livestock grazing on the fringing wetlands of Lake Victoria on the Tanzanian side. Two villages bordering the Western Corridor of the ... -
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 Impact of Water Hyacinth (Eichhornia Crassipes) on the Productivity, Profitability and Species Composition of the Lake Victoria fishery, Kenya
(School of Environmental Studies (Economics), 2003)One of the sectors gravely hampered by water hyacinth (WH) on L. Victoria (Kenya) is the fishery sector. This has prompted the need to develop an approach for modeling impacts of WH on fish production. The main objective ... -
Impact of water hyacinth, Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms-Laubach, on the fishery of Lake Victoria, Kenya
(Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2004)Due to heavy infestation of water hyacinth in Lake Victoria catches of Clarias gariepinus (Burchell) and Protopterus aethiopicus (Heckel), which strongly decreased in the 1980s, increased markedly in 1998. Tilapia catches ... -
The importance of Nyando river wetlands plant resources and agricultural products: A comparative study of papyrus and rice
(2003)This study assessed the community perceptions of the importance of wetland plants, particularly papyrus (Cyperus papyrus) and compared it with that of agricultural products, mainly rice (Oryza Sativa), in the Nyando River ... -
Indigenous knowledge and Baseline Data survey on Fish Breeding areas and seasons in Lake Victoria – Kenya
(Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2001)Available baseline data and indigenous knowledge on Lake Victoria fisheries were used to identify potential fish breeding areas and seasons for subsequent scientific verification, demarcation and closure. River mouths, ... -
Integrated Soil and Water Conservation (ISWC) final report on lessons learnt
(Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2005)Introduction The Lake Victoria Basin represents a good scenario of environmental problems related to human activities on land. Land degradation in the lake basin is of major concern, not only for the healthy of the lake, ... -
Integrating Family Planning/Reproductive Health and Environmental Conservation Policies and Programmes in East Africa
(Lake Victoria Basin Commission, 2013)This report presents and summarizes the presentations and discussions that took place during the symposium entitled “Population Health and Environment: “Integrating Family Planning/Reproductive health and Environmental ... -
Invest in Lake Victoria Basin
(2010)The Lake Victoria Basin Commission, an institution of the East African Community, is playing an increased role as a coordinator of the sustainable development agenda of the Lake Victoria Basin. Although the Commission ... -
Investigation of bacteriological quality of smoked fish
(Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2004)The project examined the bacteriological quality of smoked Lates niloticus (L) and tilapiine fishes. A total of 45 tilapiine fishes and 44 Lates niloticus specimens were analysed. Counts of Escherichia coli (E), Salmonella ... -
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 ... -
Lake Victoria Basin Commission Institutional Capacity Enhancement Program
(Lake Victoria Basin Commission, 2013)To build the capacity of LVBC to provide sustainable leadership in the coordination of the stakeholders to attain the shared vision of the LVB -
Lake Victoria Basin Knowledge Management Project
(Lake Victoria Basin Commission, 2013)To establish an efficient and comprehensive Knowledge Management system at the Lake Victoria Basin Commission that will promote, facilitate and coordinate better and more sustainable development of the Lake Basin. -
Lake Victoria Biodiversity Informatics Phase II(LAVIBI)
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Lake Victoria Transport (Maritime Safety) Regulations, 2010
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LAKE VICTORIA WATER LEVELS
(Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2006)One of the principal objectives of the Water Quality and Ecosystem Management Components is to find the reasons for the changes observed in the lake water quality, quantity and ecosystem, and to suggest remedial measures. ...