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Ecosystem-based Adaptation to Climate Change – Policy Making and Institutional Framework in Kenya’s Mt. Elgon Forest Ecosystem
(International Journal of Environment and Climate Change, 2019)
Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) is a strategy that relies on forest landscape’s biodiversity
management and restoration to enhance the sustainable production and supply of ecosystem
goods and services as alternative ...
UPTAKE OF CADMIUM, COPPER AND ZINC IN SELECTED PLANTS COMMONLY GROWN IN KENYA FROM POST-METHANATION DISTILLERY EFFLUENT
(University of Eldoret, 2013)
Pot experiments were carried out on a field plot in University of Eldoret (UoE) to study uptake of selected metal contaminants from distillery effluent in four plants commonly grown in Kenya: Ipomoea batatas, Eucalyptus ...
ENVIRONMENTAL AND HUMAN INFLUENCES ON INDIGENOUS PLANT COMMUNITY STRUCTURE OF EMBOBUT FOREST RESERVE IN ELGEYO MARAKWET COUNTY, KENYA
(University of Eldoret, 2021)
Embobut Forest Reserve is affected by the natural environmental variation and human
activities that have not been studied. This study determined the plant species
composition, abundance and diversity in relation to ...
USE OF FISH BIOMARKERS TO ASSESS MICRO- POLLUTANT EXPOSURE AND EFFECTS IN LAKE KANYABOLI, KENYA
(University of Eldoret, 2016)
A lot of research in ecotoxicology is currently focused on identifying and developing suitable biomarkers for use in assessing environmental pollution. This study, set out to evaluate the use of a suite of biomarkers in ...
Non-Carcinogenic Lead Inadvertent Occupational Health Risk Assessment in Select Instructional Laboratories in Moi University and University of Eldoret, Kenya
(AER Journal, 2019)
Settled surface indoor dust is of environmental importance since it can act as a medium of
human exposure to heavy metals. Universities’ laboratories are involved in varied activities
some of which may expose Pb to ...
CHILD EXPOSURE TO LEAD IN THE VICINITIES OF INFORMAL USED LEAD-ACID BATTERY RECYCLING OPERATIONS IN NAIROBI SLUMS, KENYA
(University of Eldoret, 2016)
Lead exposure from informal used lead-acid battery (ULAB) recycling operations is a serious environmental health concern. Research shows that young children living in the vicinities of these operations have elevated blood ...
ASSESSMENT OF THE EFFECT OF AMMONIUM SULPHATE PROCESSED FROM ANAEROBIC PASTEURIZATION DIGESTER LATRINES EFFLUENT ON SOIL pH AND YIELDS OF PEAS (Pisum sativum)
(University of Eldoret, 2017)
Improper disposal of human waste is one of the developing world’s most serious health problems due to pollution of the environment. Food production is also dwindling due to soils’ nutrients loss to leaching caused by ...
ASSESSMENT OF INDOOR AIR POLLUTION, HEALTH IMPLICATIONS AND IMPACTS OF IMPROVED STOVE INTERVENTIONS IN BUNGOMA AND TRANS NZOIA COUNTIES, KENYA
(University of Eldoret, 2017)
The use of biomass fuels poses great threats to environmental degradation and public health accounting for 32% of the total attributable burden of diseases due to indoor air pollution (IAP) in especially Africa. Heavy ...
CONCENTRATIONS OF SELECTED TRACE ELEMENTS IN BOREHOLE WATER AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR HUMAN HEALTH IN ELDORET MUNICIPALITY.
(University of Eldoret, 2015)
Water is a basic human requirement as it is extensively used in everyday life and therefore if contaminated it is detrimental to life and can cause death. This study assessed levels of trace elements; Copper, Chromium and ...