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Uganda: Deal with Wetland Encroachers Now
Monitor, 6 February 2017
Just over a month ago, President Museveni, while launching a new water pumping station and a pipeline in Ggaba, a Kampala suburb, gave wetland encroachers one month to leave or be… Read more »
Ugandan Govt Urged to Deal With Wetland Encroachers
Farming in wetlands has had a serious negative impact on the environment and climate of the country and is also threatening the water supply.
Rosebud flower farm trucks pouring murrum in Lutembe wetland (file photo).
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Uganda: Local Communities Must Protect Wetlands in Their Vicinity
Monitor, 1 February 2017
Every February 2, the world commemorates World Wetlands Day following the adoption of the convention on wetlands on February 2, 1971. The day established to raise awareness about… Read more »
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Uganda: Why Restoring Uganda's Forest Cover is a Challenging Task
Monitor, 1 February 2017
Mr Kavuma-Kaggwa, an elder from Kyaggwe, Mukono District, says he vividly recalls his area, like the rest of Uganda, being heavily forested 50 years ago.During the colonial days,… Read more »
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Uganda: Restore, Conserve Wetlands to Fight Environmental Degradation
Monitor, 31 January 2017
If you have ever fetched clean water from a lake, river or any other natural water body you should probably thank a wetland. Wetlands, are like sponges, they hold this water,… Read more »
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Uganda: Mbale Land Board Accused of Selling Wetland
Monitor, 12 January 2017
Residents of Namakwekwe Ward in Northern Division, Mbale Municipality, have accused the district land board of selling off a wetland along Mukamba lane to a land developer. Read more »
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Uganda: Talk to Wetland Degraders Before Eviction - Museveni
Monitor, 28 December 2016
President Museveni has advised that wetland encroachers should be encouraged to leave the wetlands on their own or face forceful evictions since they are destroying water sources… Read more »
