Promoting Biodiversity in and Around the Lake Victoria Basin
Title | Promoting Biodiversity in and Around the Lake Victoria Basin PDF eBook |
Author | Cecilia Kinuthia-Njenga |
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Pages | 43 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Biodiversity |
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Lake Victoria
Title | Lake Victoria PDF eBook |
Author | Joseph L. Awange |
Publisher | Springer Science & Business Media |
Pages | 365 |
Release | 2006-08-18 |
Genre | Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | 3540325751 |
This book constitutes a pioneering and unique work on Lake Victoria. It is the world’s second largest fresh-water lake and supports the livelihood of more than 30 million people. Surprisingly, there has been no comprehensive book addressing its problems and potentials. Ecology, environmental pollution and resource management are some of the issues addressed by this comprehensive insight into the limitations, challenges and opportunities facing Lake Victoria.
Biodiversity and Fishery Sustainability in the Lake Victoria Basin: an Unexpected Marriage?
Title | Biodiversity and Fishery Sustainability in the Lake Victoria Basin: an Unexpected Marriage? PDF eBook |
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Identification and Mapping of Ecologically Sensitive Areas (ESAS) in Lake Victoria
Title | Identification and Mapping of Ecologically Sensitive Areas (ESAS) in Lake Victoria PDF eBook |
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Pages | 134 |
Release | 2011 |
Genre | Lake ecology |
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A Review of Biodiversity and Socio-economics Research in Relation to Fisheries in Lake Victoria
Title | A Review of Biodiversity and Socio-economics Research in Relation to Fisheries in Lake Victoria PDF eBook |
Author | J. B. Okeyo-Owuor |
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Pages | 64 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | Fisheries |
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The Wealth of Lake Victoria Basin
Title | The Wealth of Lake Victoria Basin PDF eBook |
Author | Furaha Ngeregere Lugoe |
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Pages | 160 |
Release | 2020-07-30 |
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The land resources in the LVB generate local, national and global benefits that are important for food security and rural livelihoods. However, this large agro-biodiversity is threatened by habitat modification and fragmentation, a reduction in vegetation cover and species diversity and over-exploitation and competition from invasive species, mainly as a consequent of human population growth. The LVB covers about 19400 Km2, shared amongst Tanzania (44%), Kenya (22%), Uganda (16%), Rwanda (11%), and Burundi (7%). It has about 35,000,000 people with a population density of about 300 per km2, which is higher than the national averages of Uganda (235), Burundi (210), Tanzania (190), Kenya (342), and Rwanda (378). The LVB has immense natural resources that include forests, savannah, rangelands, and fisheries which provide livelihood for communities around the basin. The demands to meet the needs of the rapidly increasing population and domestic animals in the form of space, shelter, space, food, water, health services, and waste disposal, puts very high pressure on the resources of the basin (LVBC, 2011). Since the 1970s, Lake Victoria's water quality has declined significantly, mainly due to increased sedimentation, water pollution and eutrophication, caused mainly by poor land use management within the Basin (LVB).
Trans-boundary Resource Cooperation in the Lake Victoria Basin
Title | Trans-boundary Resource Cooperation in the Lake Victoria Basin PDF eBook |
Author | Omondi Robert Owino |
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Pages | 524 |
Release | 2017 |
Genre | Environmental law |
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