LVBC Programmes and Projects: Recent submissions
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Aquaculture Strategy For Restoration of Threatened Lake Victoria Fishes: The case for Oreochromis variabilis (Boulenger, 1906) and Labeo victorianus (Boulenger, 1901)
(KMFRI Sangoro Aquaculture Research Station, P.O. Box 136, PAP-ONDITI, Kenya, 2 School of Environmental Studies, Moi University, P.O Box 3900, ELDORET, Kenya, 2006)The endemic Oreochromis variabilis and L. victorianus are among Lake Victoria’s most threatened fish species whose population sizes are on the decline. This study, carried out between August 2000 and April 2001, aimed ... -
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 ... -
An overview of the present status of Water Quality of Lake Victoria, Kenya: A limnological perspective
(Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, LVEMP Water Quality Component, 2008)Sampling for nutrients, Chrolophyll-a and total suspended solids was done in 9 in-lake stations in the Kenyan part of Lake Victoria between December 2000 and October 2001. In-situ measurements of temperature, dissolved ... -
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 ... -
A review of estimation of rainfall and evaporation over Lake Victoria
(Directorate of Water Development, Water Resources Management Department, P.O. Box 19, Entebbe, Uganda, 2002)With its area covering 68,800 km2, a shoreline length of about 3,450 km around a basin area of about 258,700 km2, a mean depth of 40 meters and sometimes up to a maximum of 84 meters, Lake Victoria’s hydrology has been ... -
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 ... -
A Report on the Implementation Status of Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda from 1st July 1997 – 30th June 2002 and Way Forward
(Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2002)The Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP) is a multi-discipline and multi-sector comprehensive development programme that was designed to successfully introduce, through implementation, environmentally ... -
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, ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Water quality and ecosystem status
(Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2005)The Winam Gulf’s aquatic environment (Figure 1) represents a considerable part of the economic potential of the country, e.g. with regard to fisheries and navigation. However, the use, the management and the preservation ... -
Water quality and ecosystem status
(Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2005)The Water quality and Ecosystem Management Components of the Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP) in the three riparian countries (Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda) have made considerable progress towards ... -
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 ... -
Lessons learnt on catchment afforestation component of the Lake Victoria environmental management project
(Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2005)Lake Victoria is a shared water body by the three riparian countries of Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. The lake covers a surface area of 68 800 km2 and catchment area of 184 000 km2 and supports approximately 30 million people. ... -
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 ... -
Regional Lessons Learnt Draft Final Report
(Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2005)Lake Victoria Basin is rich with current value placed at about US$ 12.4 billion and which could be developed further with good management intervention. There are many factors that are threatening rich biodiversity and ... -
Lessons learned on micro-projects
(Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2005)As part of the effort to take stock of its work in implementing micro projects, consider future direction and envisage action to be undertaken, LVEMP engaged a National Consultant from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Mid Term Review of Mount Elgon Regional Ecosystem Conservation Programme (MERECP)
(2008)This is a report of the Mid Term Review (MTR) of the Mt. Elgon Regional Ecosystem Conservation Programme (MERECP). The MTR has, according to its TOR, been requested to assess overall progress, results achieved compared ...
