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Mailu, A.M.. |
The paper presents preliminary data collected in an assessment of the social, economic and environmental impacts of water hyacinth in the Lake Victoria Basin. A summary of the status of control and strategies for the future is given. The report draws on field observations made, studies through interviews of affected communities and organisations, personal communications and published reports by scientists in the region. Lake Victoria, the world’s second largest freshwater body, supports an estimated 25 million people living in the Basin, with an estimated gross economic product of US$3–4 billion annually, mainly from subsistence agriculture and fishing in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, and parts of Rwanda and Burundi. The multiple activities in the Lake Victoria... |
Tipo: Proceedings Paper |
Palavras-chave: Environmental conditions; Environmental factors; Environmental impact; Environmental protection; Freshwater pollution; Resource management; Environmental factors; Environmental impact; Environmental conditions; Environmental protection; Resource management; Http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_2594; Http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_24420; Http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_32980; Http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_15898; Http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_6524. |
Ano: 2001 |
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1834/1292 |
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