The 2012 RUFORUM Biennial Conference is the third in the series. The main objective of the Biennial conferences is to provide a platform for agricultural research for development stakeholders in Africa and beyond to actively exchange findings and experiences, while at the same time learning lessons towards improving performance of the agricultural sector and ultimately people’s livelihoods. The biennial conference is RUFORUM’s most comprehensive meeting for the diversity of stakeholers in agriculture. It is especially dedicated to graduate students and their supervisors, grantees in RUFORUM member universities and alumni. It is a platform for peer review, quality control, mentorship, networking and shared learning. The third Biennial Conference was attended by 657 participants.This record contains an extended abstract accepted under the theme of Risk and Vulnerability
An overview of Pollution Loading into Lake Kivu Basin
Abstract:
Increasing pollution loading is one of the factors which have
led to instability of the Lake Kivu threatening the survival of
millions of people living around it. This study will i) characterise
and quantify historical land use and livelihood changes in the
Lake Kivu region, ii) estimate pollution load from different
sources into the Lake and iii) identify the best management
options for reducing point and non-point pollution loading into
Lake Kivu. Qualitative, quantitative and modeling approaches
are being used. The major outputs of the study include increased
understanding of the factors and processes driving changes,
land-use/cover and livelihood trajectories since 1974, tools to
predict future conditions, hotspot of sediment and nutrient export
into the Lake, evidence based recommendations to inform future
management decisions aimed at conserving and restoring the
natural and human environments of the Lake Kivu basin. This
study has just been initiated.
L’augmentation de la décharge polluante est l’un des facteurs
qui ont conduit à l’instabilité du lac Kivu menaçant la survie de
millions de personnes vivant dans ses environs. Cette étude
permettra i) de caractériser et de quantifier les changements
de l’utilisation historique des terres et des moyens de subsistance
dans la région du lac Kivu, ii) d’estimer la charge polluante
provenant de différentes sources vers le lac et iii) d’identifier
les meilleures options de gestion pour réduire la décharge de
pollution ponctuelle et non ponctuelle dans le lac Kivu. Des
approches qualitatives, quantitatives et de modélisation sont
utilisées. Les principaux résultats de l’étude comprennent la
compréhension approfondie des facteurs et des processus
expliquant les trajectoires des changements, de couverture/
utilisation des terres et de moyens de subsistance depuis 1974,
des outils pour prédire les conditions futures, les points chauds
d’exportation des sédiments et des nutriments vers le lac, desrecommandations fondées sur des preuves pour informer les
futures décisions de gestion visant à conserver et à restaurer
les milieux naturels et humains du bassin du lac Kivu. Cette
étude vient juste d’être lancée.
Language:
English
Extended abstracts submitted under Risk and Vulnerability
Date of publication:
2012
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Region Focus:
Central Africa
Collection:
RUFORUM Conferences and Workshops
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Open Access
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Printed resource
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