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 The study assessed the role of Agroforestry in the Conservation of Forest Resource in Central District of Uganda: A Case Study of Busujju County - Mityana District. The objectives of the study included; to analyze the different agro-forestry practices, to examine the causes and impact of forest degradation and to assess the effect of agro-forestry practices in the conservation of forest resource in central districts of Uganda: a case study of Busujju County — Mityana District ...
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 ...
ABSTRACT The study was carried out at Mutungo parish, part of Kirombi-Kachanga wetland Kampala District as a chosen case study to identify the activities carried out In Mutungo wetland, find out what the Wetland Inspection Division does to conserve wetlands and to establish the challenges faced by the Wetland Inspection Division in executing its activities. In carrying out the study the researcher, adopted a research design which was descriptive simple random sampling and purposive sampling w...
ABSTRACT An investigation to assess the impacts of local community activities on wetland conservation was conducted in Olyanai swamp, Kalaki Sub county, Kaberamaido district in Uganda. The aim of this study was to find out the impacts of local community activities on wetland conservation of Olyanai swamp. The purpose of the study was to establish different community activities carried out, the impacts of those activities, the conservation practices and peoples attitudes towards the con...
ABSTRACT Though forests give a lot benefits to the local communities, they are threatened by over exploitation as a result of deforestation activities The main driving force behind this deforestation is land conversion, slash and burn agriculture, shifting cultivation and fuel wood gathering. In Kazimzumbwj, an ancient custom is slash and burn agriculture or shifting cultivation where by trees are cut down, allowed to dry, and then burnt to create nutrient ashes, which are mixed with soils in...
ABSTRACT Globally, the main factors responsible for diarrhoeal disease are inadequate drinking water, sanitation and hygiene practices. In particular. diarrhoeal disease due to inadequate water and sanitation is one of the two most important factors in childhood mortality in low~incoine countries. The objectives of the study were to find out the causes of poor hygiene and sanitation in primary schools of Kasulu Town Council of Tanzania, to determine the effects of poor hygiene and sanitation ...
ABSTRACT The overall objective of this study was to assess the economic impacts of climate change on agriculture in Kenya’s coastal region. To achieve this, specific objectives were used: to assess which impact climate change has on crop net revenue; to evaluate the impact of climate change on livestock net revenue; and to estimate the impact of climate change on combined net revenue. The study was conducted in all the six counties in the coastal Kenya: Kwale, Mombasa, Kilifi, Lamu, Tana Ri...
ABSTRACT Many calculations on atomic collisions and scattering processes have been performed on electron impact excitation of the lowest autoionizing state of rubidium, but not much attempt has been made with positron impact which is of equally fundamental importance and is receiving attention nowadays with the availability of improved positron beam experiments. So, in this study, total cross-sections, differential cross-sections, lambda parameter, R parameter and the alignment parameter...
ABSTRACT Climate change due to anthropogenic induced global warming is one of the greatest and defining challenges of the current and future centuries. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPGC) has unequivocally affirmed it and directly linked it to anthropogenic Green-House Gases (GHGs) emissions from fossil fuel burning and land use changes. Although the impacts of climate change are global, they will be differently felt and distributed among different regions, generations, age ...
ABSTRACT Malaria and lymphatic filariasis transmission along the coastal strip of Kenya is endemic. The predominant mosquito vectors of human malaria include Anopheles gambiae s.l. and Anopheles funestus. The same mosquitoes transmit lymphatic filariasis with an added role for Culex quinquefasciatus. Current control strategies for anthropophagic mosquitoes largely involve methods that sample for adult mosquitoes inside human dwellings before they are implemented. Despite the intensive interv...
ABSTRACT One of the greatest environmental challenges in the 21st century is ensuring successful implementation of participatory community based waste management practices in cities particularly in slums and informal settlements. This study aimed at investigating the relationship between socio-economic exclusion and community based waste management practices in Kibera informal settlements, Nairobi County. To achieve the study objectives this study was guided by Marxist theoretical framework o...
ABSTRACT Fresh water bodies constitute a vital component of a wide variety of living environments as integral water resource base in many human societies in the world. Water hyacinth has invaded Freshwater systems in over 50 countries on five continents and changes to its density have the potential to affect other ecological and human communities in areas where it is established either positively or negatively. The hyacinth, since its introduction in Kenya, has been a menace to the riparian c...
ABSTRACT A growing fish demand in Kenya, coupled with Government support from the Government has seen an upsurge in the aquaculture sub-sector. The Government’s Economic Stimulus Programme (ESP) has been the main boost to Aquaculture development in the country. Despite the high growth, there is inadequate information on impact of the growth in aquaculture on water quality and livelihoods. The main objective of this study therefore was to establish the quality of water in the fish ponds and...
ABSTRACT Quarrying for limestone is an economic necessity that is not only hazardous to human but also one that invariably has deleterious effect on the environment. Information on the performance of trees species is important as plants are key in the revegetation of exhausted quarries. A comparison of field performance of Acacia xanthophloea, Schinus molle, Casuarina equisetifolia and Grevillea robusta was made in an exhausted limestone quarry, backfilled with limestone mine waste, in a semi...