African lake management initiatives: The global connection

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

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 203-213

  Hecky, Robert E ^a   Bootsma, Harvey A ^b   Odada, Eric O ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

African Great Lakes; Climate change; Global Environment Facility; Lake Malawi; Lake Victoria; LakeTanganyika; Mercury; Nutrient loading; Organochlorines

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; LAND DEGRADATION; ORGANOCHLORINE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICAN LAKES; LAKE MALAWI; LAKE TANGANYIKA; LAKE VICTORIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33751543447     PISSN: 13205331     EISSN: 14401770     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1770.2006.00307.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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