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The Vision and Strategy Framework for Management and Development of Lake Victoria Basin
(Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2003)
Lake Victoria is the world’s second largest fresh-water lake and the largest in Africa,
with a surface area of 68,800 km2. The Lake basin area covers 193,000 km2 with
Tanzania occupying 44 per pent, Kenya 22 per pent, ...
Community Participation Assessment Report Final Draft
(Department of Community Health University of Nairobi, 2005)
The purpose of the assessment was to review community involvement, performance and
generate a lessons’ learnt report that would contribute to decision-support mechanisms and
inform future interventions. The assessment ...
COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN FOREST RESOURCES MANAGEMENT IN MT. ELGON FOREST AND ITS ENVIRONS
(2002)
Community participation is now globally recognised as an effective strategy in the management of forest resources (IUCN, 1992; WRI, 1996). However, in developing countries and particularly Africa, forest management policies ...
Water Quality & Human Health around Lake Victoria.
(Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 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 ...
Fish Quality Assurance at Landing Beaches and During Transportation to Fish Processing Plants
(Nyegezi Freshwater Fisheries Institute, P.O. Box 1213, MWANZA, TANZANIA, 2010)
Fish contamination, fish spoilage and post harvest losses were identified as major problems affecting fish trade
in Lake Victoria. This paper summarizes efforts which have been made to improve fish quality before ...
Aquatic weed problem in Lake Jipe
(Lake Victoria Basin Commission, 2002)
Lake Jipe is in Mwanga District, Kilimanjaro Region, and lies on the border with Kenya. A stream drains from the lake southward through a wetland and empties its waters in Nyumba ya Mungu dam some kilometers downstream.
The ...
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 ...
Land use and land cover mapping of the Simiyu catchment (Tanzania) using remote sensing techniques
(Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2005)
A process of integrating remote sensing techniques and field data to accurately map landuse and land cover of the Simiyu catchment is described. Satellite images of LANDSAT 7 ETM+ of 3/4/2001 and 12/5/2001 were processed ...
Community participation in fisheries management: prospects and challenges for co-management
(Fisheries Resources Department, P.O. Box 4, Entebbe, Uganda, 2004)
Fisheries play an important role in the economy of Uganda, contributing to foreign exchange, food
security and employment. In 1998, the total fish catch landed was 217,100 metric tons of which Lake
Victoria contributed ...