Strategic Action Programme (SAP) for the Lake Victoria Basin 2006

The Lake Victoria Basin (LVB) has a size of 193 000 km2, with the Lake surface covering anarea of 68,800 km2 (Fig. 1). The basin area is shared between riparian states of Tanzania(44%), Kenya (22%), Uganda (16%), Burundi (7%) and Rwanda (11%). The Lake itself isshared between Kenya (6%), Tanzania (51%) and Uganda (43%). LVB has recentlydisplayed a massive ecosystem change in a relatively short (three decade) period(Kaufman1992; Goldschmidt et al 1993; Goldschmidt 1996; Verschuren et al. 2002). Thechanges have been induced by natural factors coupled with human activities mainlyassociated with increasing population, economic growth and governance.