Browsing Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project Phase I (LVEMP I) by Issue Date
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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, ... -
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 ... -
Water Hyacinth Infestation in Ponds and Satellite Lakes in the Lake Victoria Basin on Tanzania: Status and Efforts to Manage it.
(Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2001)A survey was conducted in ponds and satellite lakes in the lake Victoria basin in March 2000 to ascertain the presence of water hyacinth and its effect to the communities and the environment. Out of 14 (12 ponds and 2 ... -
OBJECTIVES OF LVEMP AND ITS IMPLEMENTATION
(Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2002)The LVEMP is a comprehensive environmental regional program which aims at rehabilitating Lake Victoria and its catchment for the benefit of the people who live in the catchment as well as the global community. The ... -
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 ... -
Nutrient input into Lake Victoria from Atmospheric Deposition: The Case of Phosphorus
(Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2002)Phosphorus input into lake Victoria from atmospheric deposition was estimated by setting two sampling stations: one in rural (Itumbili) and another in urban (Igogo) settings. Nutrient estimation from both wet and dry ... -
Overview of Lake Victoria frame survey 2000 - Uganda
(Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2002)This paper gives observations made on the frame survey that was carried out on the Uganda part of Lake Victoria in March 2000. The paper highlights the major changes affecting fishing, fishing gears and facilities in the ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Scientific findings August 1997-June 2002
(Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2002)Water hyacinth –Eichhornia crassipes (mart) Solms (Pontederiaceae), is widely recognized as the world worst aquatic weed. Likewise, water hyacinth is considered to be the most serious aquatic weed in Tanzania. This free ... -
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 ... -
Natural occurrence and potential of pathogenic fungi for integrated management of water hyacinth, Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms-Laubach: Pontederiaceae, in Lake Victoria.
(School of Environmental Studies Moi University, 2002)These studies were conducted to determine the natural occurrence of pathogenic fungi assciated with water hyacinth in Lakes Victoria and Naivasha in Kenya. The aim was to investigate the potential of integrating some of ... -
Pollution loads into Lake Victoria from the Kenyan catchment
(Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2002)Lake Victoria has experienced eutrophication problems. This is attributable to pollution due to an expanding population, a rapidly developing technology, and increased industrial and food production. Pollution from ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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, ...
