Surface Freshwater GEF IW Projects

A Workshop on transboundary diagnostic analysis was held in Ulan-Ude on 18-19 September 2012.

Mulot, Kenya, 15 th September 2012: Hundreds of participants have taken part in the first Mara Day celebrations held at the Mara Water Users Association Office in Mulot town, Narok County, Kenya. The celebrations were organised by the Lake Victoria Basin Commission (LVBC) and the County Councils of Bomet, Trans-Mara and Narok in Kenya.

The celebrations, organised by the Lake Victoria Basin Commission (LVBC) and the County Councils of Bomet, Trans-Mara and Narok in Kenya, will commence this afternoon with an exhibition by key public and private sector players in the Mara River Basin.

New tenders announcement

Current problems of the project were covered by PM Sergey Kudelya.

Current problems of the project were covered by PM Sergey Kudelya.

Lake Tanganyika Authority in collaboration with UNDP/GEF Project and IUCN Invasive Species Initiative organized a workshop on invasive species affecting Lake Tanganyika at Kibunoah Hotel, in Bujumbura - Burundi, for the Burundi and D. R. Congo Technical Teams on Environmental Issues. "From this 23 rd to 24 th August, 2012, you will be involved to how you can control species that have become invasive and be trained how you can prevent new invasions in order to develop a Monitoring Programme for Invasive Species for the four riparian countries of Lake Tanganyika” said Mr. Gabriel Hakizimana, Director of Environment of Lake Tanganyika Authority – LTA.

The Lake Victoria Basin Commission Secretariat has bid farewell to the Deputy Executive Secretary (Projects and Programmes), Mr. Samuel Kerunyu Gichere, whose tenure of office was successfully concluded on 31 st July 2012. LVBC Secretariat staff and partners of the Commission provided their salutations to Mr. Gichere at a ceremony held at Imperial Hotel in Kisumu, Kenya.

Pacific IWRM Delivering Water and Sanitation Results in Pacific Island Countries 7th August 2012: After three years of hard work Pacific Island countries are starting to deliver significant results under the GEF Pacific IWRM Project. To celebrate the results achieved, a competition was launched this year with 12 countries submitting "Results Notes" to report on progress towards regionally agreed targets for water and sanitation management.

Nauru IWRW: New Film Showcases Results of Efforts to Reform Water and Sanitation Management in Nauru 31st July 2012: The following short film entitled "Delivering IWRM Results in the Small Island Developing State of Nauru" was produced by the GEF Pacific IWRM demonstration project team in Nauru.

Standard MODIS Aqua Ocean Color products were found to not provide a suitable calibration for high altitude lakes such as the Lake Tanganyika . Our results show that for the geographical, atmospheric and optical conditions of Lake Tanganyika : (i) a coastal aerosol model set with high relative humidity (90%) provides a suitable atmospheric correction;

Any change in the air temperature, wind speed, precipitation, and incoming solar radiation induced by increasing greenhouse gasses and climate change will directly influence lakes and other water bodies. The effects of a slight increase in lake water temperature on the Lake Tanganyika ecosystem might be mitigated by increased windiness, if the latter was sufficient to induce greater mixing.

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Meeting with administration of Zabaikalsky National Park

  Kampala, UGANDA, 27 th July 2012: The Lake Victoria Basin Commission (LVBC) has concluded the first Water Integrity Training for stakeholders in the water sector in East Africa. The one-week training, implemented in conjunction with the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI), targeted 40 mid-level managers and media practitioners from the EAC Partner States.

It was during a discussion workshop on the main provisions of the water code in Burundi that was organised by the Ministry of Water, Environment, Land and Urban Planning, in partnership with the Sectoral Programme Water and Sanitation of the Federal German Republic. The water code being disseminated for the implementation of the national water policy adopted in 2009, proves that water management and use are based on 10 key principles.