Lake Victoria Basin Commission (LVBC) has handed-over aids to navigation to Kenyan Government to improve transport on Lake Victoria and wider access to other ports in East African Partner States. The handover which took place on June, 14th 2016 at the Kisumu Pier–former Port Elizabeth, Republic of Kenya was… Read more…
Introduction EAC Partner States through the Lake Victoria Basin Commission (LVBC) plan to hold a research/scientific conference that will be held in Mwanza, Tanzania on the 15th – 16th February, 2017. The overall objective of the conference will be to inform programming, policy development and partnerships within the Lake Victoria… Read more…
Lake Victoria Water and Sanitation Project Phase II
Lake Victoria Basin covers an area of 250,000 km2 with the lake taking 68,000 km2. The basin has a population of 35 – 40 million people, with rapidly growing secondary towns, which has resulted in:
Significant negative impacts on environment, and importantly, View Project…
Mount Elgon Regional Ecosystem Conservation Program
MERECP is a programme of the East African Community whose oversight, coordination and supervision was delegated to the Lake Victoria Basin Commission. It was designed by IUCN through multi-stakeholder consultations, discussions and interaction with the East African Community Secretariat (EAC), governments of Kenya and Uganda through relevant national government agencies, View Project…
On the 4th August 2003 East Africa Community (EAC) entered into a Memorandum Understanding (MoU) with the World Wide Fund for Nature Eastern Africa Regional Programme Office (WWF EARPO) Nairobi in which it was agreed WWF-EARPO supports the EAC in programmes contributing to the vision of the Lake Victoria Development Programme and the established Lake Victoria Basin Commission. This is in line with the provisions View Project…
Maritime Communications for Safety on Lake Victoria
Lake Victoria is Africa’s largest lake and the world’s second largest with an area of 69,000km2 spanning Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya. It is also a key resource for the people of East Africa. It has the largest freshwater fisheries producing 700,000 to 800,000 tonnes of fish annually, worth US$350 – 400 million at the landings and US$250 million in export. View Project…
