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    • Summaries of research findings under buffering capacity of Wetlands sub-component 

      Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP) (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) (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 ...

    • Synthesis Report On Fisheries Research And Management 

      Mgaya, YD (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) (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 ...

    • Transboundary Lake Basin Management: Laurentian and African Great Lakes 

      Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP) (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 ...

    • The Vision and Strategy Framework for Management and Development of Lake Victoria Basin 

      Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP) (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) (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 ...

    • Water quality and ecosystem status 

      Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP) (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) (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 ...