EACIR: Recent submissions
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The trans-boundary Mara River Basin strategic environmental assessment (MRB SEA)
(Lake Victoria Basin Commission, 2012)The Mara is not a large river, and ever increasing abstractions are certain to, at some point in the future, severely degrade the riverine ecosystem and even impinge upon the most basic needs of people living along the ... -
Strengthening community based natural resources management in the Maasai Mara - Serengeti ecosystem
(Lake Victoria Basin Commission, 2011)This consultancy was undertaken by the Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute (KMFRI) for Lake Victoria Basin Commission (LVBC), with a goal of preparing a basis for strenghtening of Community Based Natural Resource ... -
Mara river basin-wide water allocation plan
(Lake Victoria Basin Commission, 2013)The Mara River Basin (MRB) is an important hydrologic system that not only serves the bordering countries of Kenya and Tanzania, but also exists as a valuable input to Lake Victoria, the world’s second largest freshwater ... -
Mara river basin natural resources management institutional capacity needs assessment
(Lake Victoria Basin Commission, 2011)This report deals with the Natural Resources Management Institutional Needs Assessment of the Mara River Basin. The report gives an inventory of the institutions dealing with natural resources management and a detailed ... -
Mara River Basin Integrated Natural Resource Management
(Lake Victoria Basin Commission, 2012)LVBC has been implementing Mara River Basin Transboundary Water for Biodiversity and Human Health (in the Mara River Basin Project (TWBHH-MRB) in Mara river Basin since 2009. The project focus include: To promote trans-boundary ... -
Establishing Mara river basin policy, legal and institutional cooperative framework
(Lake Victoria Basin Commission, 2010)The East African Community (EAC)/ Lake Victoria Basin Commission (LVBC) received funds from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) East Africa to support Sustainable Development of the Mara River ... -
Equitable Benefit Sharing Of Natural Resources In The Mara River Basin ii
(Lake Victoria Basin Commission, 2012)Lack of equitable benefit sharing among stakeholders and countries is one of the main factors that result into ineffective management of natural resources in most river basins in Africa, particularly the transboundary ones ... -
Equitable Benefit Sharing of Natural Resources Policy Brief in Mara River Basin
(Lake Victoria Basin Commission, 2012)This policy brief aims at reviewing the status of equitable benefit sharing of natural resources within Mara River Basin and offering options for improving this state for the benefit of all stakeholders. Benefit sharing ... -
Documentation of Water and Sanitation Best Practices and Reporting Tools in Mara River Basin
(Lake Victoria Basin Commission, 2012)Water is essential to life. Therefore, the way we extract it, use it and manage it is central to sustainable livelihoods for mankind and other life species that we share the planet earth with. LVCB through MRB/LVWATSAN II ... -
Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan for Sustainable Management of the Mara River Basin
(Lake Victoria Basin Commission, 2010)Following international agreements on environmental management and sustainable development, including the Rio Summit held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, both Kenya and Tanzania ratified the Convention on Biological Diversity ... -
Assessing Reserve Flows for the Mara River
(Lake Victoria Basin Commission, 2010)The Kenya Ministry of Water and Irrigation (MOWI), formed in 2003, has as its fundamental goal conserving, managing and protecting water resources for socioeconomic development. In 2002, the Water Act was passed to provide ... -
Water hyacinth on the River mouth to Lake Victoria 2011
(Lake Victoria Basin Commission, 2011)Aquatic weeds adversely affect water quality, biodiversity, amenity and recreational values of water bodies. Community, social, cultural and economic values derived from such water bodies are therefore impaired. Invasive ... -
A Basin-Wide Strategy for Sustainable Land Management in the Lake Victoria Basin
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HIV Sero-behavioural Study in the Fishing Communities along Lake Victoria in Uganda
(2010)The survey fieldwork was conducted in forty six fishing communities of the Lake Victoria Basin of Uganda in August 2010. The main aim was to establish HIV prevalence among fishing communities, the associated drivers of ... -
HIV Sero-behavioural study in Agricultural Plantations in Lake Victoria Basin, Uganda
(Lake Victoria Basin Commission, 2010)Background, aim and survey methods The survey was conducted in four agricultural plantations of the Lake Victoria Basin of Uganda between April and May 2010. The main aim was to establish HIV prevalence among plantation ... -
HIV sero-behavioural study in six universities in Kenya
(Lake Victoria Basin Commission, 2010)Universities and institutions of higher learning in general consist mainly of young people in the 17-24 year old category, most of whom are sexually active, and therefore most vulnerable to HIV infection. And though ... -
HIV Sero-behavioural Study In Two Agricultural Plantations In Lake Victoria Basin, Kenya
(2010)The HIV and AIDS pandemic remains a global public health challenge. By the year 2009, an estimated 33.3 million people were living with HIV and there were 2.6 million new infections in the same period. Sub-Saharan Africa ... -
HIV sero-behavioural study among fishing communities in Lake Victoria, Kenya
(Lake Victoria Basin Commission, 2010)
