Land Use Effects on Lake Ol’bolossat Watershed Conservation, Nyandarua County

George N Karuku and Elijah K Mugo
Additional contact information
Elijah K Mugo: Department of Land Resource Management and Agricultural Technology (LARMAT), University of Nairobi, Kenya

JOJ Wildlife & Biodiversity, 2019, vol. 1, issue 2, 26-34

Abstract: Despite their importance, wetlands have remained unprotected and they are exploited beyond what they can endure. The main objective of the study was to establish the land use effects on conservation of the Lake Ol’Bolossat watershed. The study was conducted in 10 villages, by systematic random sampling of 60 households and purposive sampling of key institutions such as KWS, KFS, NEMA and KALRO. Household questionnaires were issued to sample households, while interviews were held to establish environment issues in the study area. Direct observation transects walks and photography revealed that there was human encroachment, crop and livestock production and quarrying in the basin. Lake and runoff water were analyzed for both physical and chemical parameters. The samples were analyzed for pH, Mn, COD, TDS, TSS, K, P, Nitrates, EC, Total Nitrogen and Ammonia.

Keywords: Journal of Wildlife and Biodiversity; Journal of Wildlife Management; Journal of Biodiversity; Biodiversity Journal; juniper publishers wildlife journals list; journals wildlife biology; wildlife scientific journals; best wildlife journals; wildlife research journals; biodiversity conservation journals; scholarly open access journals; peer reivewed journals; junipe publishers review; Water Circulation; Climate Change; Animals; Irretrievably; Fumes; Moisture; Battery; Bathing; Dishes; Physical processes; Organic substances; Atmospheric pressure; Accuracy; Commensurate; Mineral; Photosynthesis; Excretions; Civilization; Organisms; Glaciers (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://juniperpublishers.com/jojwb/pdf/JOJWB.MS.ID.555556.pdf (application/pdf)
https://juniperpublishers.com/jojwb/JOJWB.MS.ID.555556.php (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:adp:jjojwb:v:1:y:2019:i:2:p:26-34

DOI: 10.19080/JOJWB.2019.01.555556

Access Statistics for this article

JOJ Wildlife & Biodiversity is currently edited by Sophia Mathis

More articles in JOJ Wildlife & Biodiversity from Juniper Publishers Inc.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Robert Thomas ().