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Factors Influencing Involvement of Local Communities in the Fishing Industry in Lake Victoria, Tanzania: From Production to Marketing
(Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2006)
A large number of local communities surrounding Lake Victoria in Mara, Kagera and Mwanza regions in Tanzania
earn their living from fishing industry. The industry is based on various types of fishes but Nile perch and ...
Consultancy Service on Economic Development - Natural Resources Intervention and Investment for the Lake Victoria Basin Final Report
(Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2006)
The second phase of the Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project
(LVEMP-2) is set to begin in the last quarter of 2007, focusing on socioeconomic
development, management and research. In each of the three ...
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 ...
Atmospheric concentrations of organochlorine pesticides in the northern Lake Victoria watershed
(Lake Victoria Basin Commission, 2006)
Organochlorine pesticides are still in use for agricultural purposes and for the control of mosquitoes in
the Eastern African region. Atmospheric concentrations of organochlorine pesticides are expected to be
higher in ...
Natural Resources Interventions and Investments for the Lake Victoria Basin
(Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2006)
The Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project Phase I
The Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project Phase I (LVEMP I) was implemented in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania since July 1997. The Project was executed by ...
Buffering capacity studies in a rural and an urban wetland in Lake Victoria catchment, Uganda
(1Wetlands Inspection Division, Ministry of Water, Lands and Environment, P. O. Box 9629, Kampala Uganda. 2 Chemistry Department, Makerere University, P. O. Box 7062, Kampala, Uganda, 2006)
Wetlands are known to filter water from catchments by retaining solid waste and eroded sediments
from catchment areas. They reduce the impact of flooding, speed of flow, and hence store water while
releasing it slowly. ...
HIV/AIDS in the fisheries communities of Lake Victoria: a strategic action plan 2006
(LVFO, 2006-11)
HIV/AIDS remains a serious challenge within East Africa, none more so than for the
fishing communities of Lake Victoria. Despite HIV/AIDS being first confirmed in the
region within the fishing communities of Lake Victoria, ...
The 6th Regular Council of Ministers 2006
(LVFO, 2006-06-30)
The 6th Regular council of Ministers held in Munyonyo Speke Resort in Kampala Uganda.
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 ...
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 ...