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The research focused on investigating the levels of awareness by the people in Petauke district on Environmental Education (EE), causes of environmental problems and their mitigation measures; and then to determine the ecological impacts in the district to form as baseline data to design an EE on...

A study site in the Luangwa district, south-eastern part of Lusaka Province was used for an investigation of the impact of human activities on indigenous woody vegetation.Evidence obtained from the review of literature and initial field reconnaissance suggested that the observed changes and...

A mass balance technique was used to investigate the hydrogeochemistry of the Kafixe river as it crosses the Copperbelt mining area between Raglans farm and Machiya feiTy. Tlie study is done by examining the mass flow-rates often chemical parameters, namely: total dissolved solids, total...

The Kabompo river basin with an area of 72,000 km2, in North-Western Zambia is one of the major tributaries of the upper Zambezi River. Key water resources management problems in the Kabompo include water allocation to agriculture and ecosystems, effects of land-cover change on the flow regime...

This study assesses the impact of Climate Change on water resources in the Lwitikila River located in Mpika District of Northern Zambia. In the past few years, downstream water users have had conflicts over the use of limited water resources in Lwitikila River. There are reports that the old...

In Zambia, mining of minerals is concentrated in the Copperbelt province. This and other industries of the area has brought about environmental degradation through release of possible unwanted toxic substances. The purpose of this study was to obtain the concentration of heavy metal pollutants,...

This study is about an ethical evaluation of deforestation in Mwekera National Forest No. 6. The objectives of the study were: to investigate why deforestation is still going on in the Mwekera National Forest No. 6 even though the Forest Policy and Forest Act are in force; to investigate to what...

A lot of research in ecotoxicology is currently focused on identifying and developing suitable biomarkers for use in assessing environmental pollution. Thus this study was aimed at assessing the potential of Cytochrome P450 1A1 (CYP 1A1), Cytochrome P450 3A (CYP 3A) and Metallothionein1 (MT 1) as...

Studies were carried out on Rusinga Island and the mainland in the Mbita Division of South Nyanza District, Kenya, from November 1987 to December 1989 to determine the distribution and die! activity patterns,population dynamics and responses of Glossina fusci pes Fusci pes Newstead 1910 to...

This dissertation examines effects of inadequate water supply on the health of Zambia Compound Community in Kafue District. Both Secondary and Primary sources of information have been used. Secondary sources used were from books, the internet, journals and news papers. The primary source used was...