Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project Phase I (LVEMP I): Recent submissions
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THE LVEMP COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION STRATEGY
(2004)Since its inception in 1997, the Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP) has made several efforts to integrate community participation across all project components. Success in implementation of community ... -
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 ... -
Community participation in fisheries management: prospects and challenges for co-management
(Fisheries Resources Department, P.O. Box 4, Entebbe, Uganda, 2004)Fisheries play an important role in the economy of Uganda, contributing to foreign exchange, food security and employment. In 1998, the total fish catch landed was 217,100 metric tons of which Lake Victoria contributed ... -
Community Participation Assessment Report Final Draft
(Department of Community Health University of Nairobi, 2005)The purpose of the assessment was to review community involvement, performance and generate a lessons’ learnt report that would contribute to decision-support mechanisms and inform future interventions. The assessment ... -
Characteristics of the Lake Victoria fishery based on frame surveys 2000 and 2002: with recommendations for development and management of the fishery
(LVFO, 2004)Lake Victoria is the second largest freshwater body in the World. The lake has a surface area of 68,800 km2 of which 35,088 km2 (51%) is in Tanzania, Uganda 29,584 km2 (43%) is in Uganda, and 4,128 km2 is in Kenya 6%. It ... -
Challenges and opportunities for farm forestry in Kipkaren River Catchment, Kenya
(Department of Forestry, Moi University, PO Box 1125, Eldoret Kenya, Catchment Afforestation, LVEMP, PO Box 4004, Eldoret Kenya, 2004)Although LVEMP has been supporting farm forestry in the Lake Victoria basin since 1999 through seedling production and training of farmers on tree planting and management, there is lack of baseline information on ecological ... -
Pilot study on catch assessment surveys by BMUS for sustainable management of Lake Victoria
(Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2004)The need to have a functional CAS system for Lake Victoria fisheries, to monitor changes and have reliable indices of relative abundance for the management of fisheries resources has been realised by all stakeholders ... -
Lessons learnt in capacity building
(Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP), 2005)Lake Victoria and the overall Lake Basin (LB) is an ecoregion of local, national, regional and global importance. It supports the livelihoods of one third of the populations of the riparian countries and it can be a ... -
Buffering processes and capacity of Wetlands in the Kenyan portion of the Lake Victoria Basin
(SMEC International Pty Ltd, 2005)This report details the methodology and findings of a twelve month project undertaken by SMEC International for the National Environmental Management Authority (NEMA), Lake Victoria Environment Management Project (LVEMP) ... -
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. ... -
Biological control and monitoring of water hyacinth, Eichhornia crassipes, Marts. Solms-Laubach (Liliales: Ponteridiaceae) during the post-resurgence period in Lake Victoria basin, Kenya
(Kenya Agricultural Research Institute, LVEMP Water Hyacinth Control Component National Fibre Research Centre, Kibos, P O Box 1490, Kisumu, Kenya, 2005)The paper presents recent results from an ongoing classical biological control programme for water hyacinth, implemented by Kenya Agricultural Research Institute under the Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project. ... -
Benthic Macro-invertebrates of the Tanzania side of Lake Victoria and their role in Fish Production
(Tanzania Fisheries Research Institute,, 2010)Studies on the taxonomic diversity, abundance and distribution of macro-invertebrates and their role in fish production were carried out on sediments of Southeastern Lake Victoria in April, July and December 2000. A total ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ...
