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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 ...
The 4th Regular Council of Ministers meeting.2002
(LVFO, 2002-06-04)
The 4th LVFO Regular Council of Ministers held at the Grand Regency Hotel in Nairobi Kenya by the LVFO partner states
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 ...