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TABLE OF CONTENTS DECLARATION APPROVAL DEDICATION ACKNOWLEDGEMENT iv LIST OF FIGURES LIST OF TABLES LISTOF ABBREVIATIONS vii TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER ONE 1 INTRODUCTION i I .OBackground of the study 1 1 .1 Problem statement 2 1.2 Objectives 3 1.2.1 General objective 3 1.2.2 Specific objectives 3 1 .3 Research questions 3 1.4 Scope 3 1.5 Significance of the study 4 1.6 Definition of key terms 4 1.6.1 Impact 4 1 .6.2 Human activities 4 1.6.3 Lake 4 1 .6.4 Management 4 CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE R...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to assess the effects of human occupancy on Base Camp Wetlands in Base Camp Village, Kasese municipality. The objectives of the study were to find out the importance, the causes, the effects and the possible control measures of human occupancy on base camp wetlands in base camp village, Kasese municipality, and Kasese district. The research questions were; what are the importance of wetlands in base camp village, Kasese municipality?, what are the caus...
ABSTRACT A study on the role of human activities in the degradation of wetlands was carried out h Lumbuye village, luuka county Iganga district in Uganda. The variables considered included identifying the reasons for degrading Lumbuye wetland, examining the effects of wetland degradation and identifying local efforts to address, poor wetland management practices and suggestions ~or improvement on the sustainable utilization and management of wetland resources. To investigate the above variabl...
ABSTRACT The study was to investigate the impact of grazing ban on the state of’ masaita forest \ ith an inclusive social aspect. and come up with solution to overcome any realised problem. l’he main objective was to find out the impact of grazing ban on the state of the Masaita forest in ~ asin Gishu county. south rift Kenya. The methods used for data collection involved both qualitati C and quantitative techniques. Questionnaires alongside fhce to lhce interviews were the tools used. Th...
TABLE OF CONTENTS DEDICATION. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.ii DECLARATION iii LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES iv TABLE OF CONTENTS v CHAPTER ONE iNTRODUCTION 1 1.0 Background 1 1.1 Problem Statement I 1.3 Objectives 2 1.3.1 Overall objectives 2 1.3.2 Specific objectives 2 1.4 Research Questions 2 1.5 Scope of the Study 3 CHAPTER TWO 4 LITERATURE REVIEW 4 2.0 Sources of water pollution 4 2.1 The Water and Sanitation crisis in Africa 4 2.2 Health 5 2.3 Environment 5 2.4 Chemical Hazards and their Adverse Health ...
ABSTRACT The study focused on wetland degradation in Uganda: A case study of Kiwanataka wetland in Kampala District.lt was carried out to examine the varrious causes of kinawataka wet land degradation,asses the human activities carried in and around the wet land and to establish solution for the problems brought about as a result of kinawataka wet land degragation. The wetland of Kinawataka in Kampala was used as a sample for the study. Questionnaires, interviews, literature review, recording...
ABSTRACT Jlid waste management in the world over has proven to be a challenge, developing countries ke the lead in poor solid waste management, this could be attributed to a number of factors hich include lack of capacity either financially or infrastructure, and this has contributed irgely to the deterioration of health standards of the poor who live in slum areas. A study on ,sessing the impacts of solid waste management on the human health was carried out in ondamali Slum, Nakuru district ...
Land use is the manner in which humans beings employ the land and its resources. Land use practices include agriculture, irrigation, livestock keeping, timber logging, mining, fishing and industrialization activities. Land use practices affect land cover and water sources, thus degrading environmental resources. The aim of the study was to investigate the effects of land use practices on a river. The Great Ruaha basin in Mbarali district in Iringa region, Tanzania was chosen as a case ...
ABSTRACT The study assessed University Students Awareness of Environmental Degradation in Kampala.it was guided by three objectives that is to say; To find out the different environmental degradation activities that the students know, To establish some of the effects of environmental degradation in Kampala that the students are aware off and To find out student’s suggestions on how to deal with the challenge of environmental degradation in Kampala. This study employed descriptive and case s...
ABSTRACT This report has been written following a research study to investigate the impacts of slum growth on the community health of the people living in them. The research was carried out in Naguru go-down a slum in Kampala- Uganda. The research study intended to achieve the following objectives. To investigate slum conditions in Naguru go-down, to examine how the developing slums are affecting health of the communities living in Naguru-go down and to find out challenges to proper slum deve...
ABSTRACT A study to investigate the impacts of Beach Seine and Cast net gears was carried out at Kigungu Fish Landing Site on Lake Victoria in Wakiso District Uganda. The major valuables considered included the design, construction, operation, catchability, efficiency and impacts of Beach Seines and Cast Nets. In order to investigate the above, a research was designed and it was used. Method for data collection includes; Visits to programmed places (Libraries, Research and Training institutio...
ABSTRACT The study investigated the impacts of local communities’ encroachment on wetland ecosystem using Tana River wetlands in Tana County, Kenya. The main objective was to find out the activities of local communities that are responsible for Tana River wetland degradation. The problem in the context was because many people have considered wetlands as useless or waste lands, there has always been drained or reclaimed, filled in or used as dumping grounds yet wetlands play very important r...
ABSTRACT This study is an inspired effort to examine the ole of gender in the utilization andconservation of medicinal plants in Mt. Elgon National Park. The role of gender in the conservation and utilization of medicinal plants has been a debatable issue over a long period of time. By design, this was a descriptive and cross sectional qualitative study whose results were based on both primary and secondary sources of data supplemented by research tools as structured questionnaires, interview...
ABSTRACT A case study of hospital wastes handling and disposal was carried out Shinyanga municipality in Tanzania, where issues dealing with the kind of waste produced at the health facilities, waste storage, collection, transport and disposal were looked at. The challenges experienced by the people in charge of the hospital wastes were also studied. The literature review covered kinds of hospital waste generated, basic elements of h6spital care waste management, and challenge to manage ...