Lake Baringo: Addressing threatened biodiversity and livelihoods

Lakes and Reservoirs: Science, Policy and Management for Sustainable Use

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 287-299

  Odada, Eric O ^a   Onyando, Japheth O ^b   Obudho, Peninah A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^b EGERTON UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^c KENYATTA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Fishing moratorium; Global Environment Facility; Lake Baringo; Lake basin management; Land use change; Sedimentation

Indexed keywords

BASIN MANAGEMENT; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LAND USE CHANGE; OVERFISHING; SEDIMENTATION;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; LAKE BARINGO; RIFT VALLEY; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33751536697     PISSN: 13205331     EISSN: 14401770     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1770.2006.00309.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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