Environment
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The Jane Goodall Institute courts farmers to conserve protected areas
KIKUUBE– The Jane Goodall Institute, a global non-governmental conservation organisation with a keen interest in chimpanzees, has started offering livelihood alternatives as incentives to prevent farmers from encroaching on protected areas. The…
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Resistance as gov’t launches wetland restoration in Tororo district
TORORO-Communities bordering major wetlands in Tororo district in eastern Uganda are resisting government’s move of demarcating wetlands. The government through the Ministry of Water and Environment has reportedly secured support under green…
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Social enterprise makes bricks from recycled plastics
GULU– In response to the ever-increasing prices of building materials like cement in Uganda, Green Home Transformations, a social enterprise is making eco-interlocking bricks from recycled plastics and sand. The innovation which…
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Over 900 hectares of wetlands in Kwania under attack
KWANIA– About 9,460 hectares of wetlands in Kwania district have been invaded by residents for different activities, according to a recent report. A recent report released by the Ministry of Water and…
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MPs fault NFA over reduced forest cover, call for immediate audit
KAMPALA-Members of Parliament want the National Forestry Authority [ NFA ] to be immediately audited over the disappearing forest cover in the country. The legislators accused NFA of promoting activities, which have…
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Among rallies MPs on conserving environment
KAMPALA– Speaker of Parliament, Anita Among, has urged the Members of Parliament to play a leading role in conserving the environment in their constituencies, especially if the effects of climate change are…
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Soroti wetland encroachers given ultimatum to vacate
SOROTI-In a bid to restore the wetlands, the authorities in Soroti district have ordered encroachers who have been growing food crops in the same wetlands to vacate by the end of this…
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Trade in endangered tree species goes on in Acholi despite ban
Although the government in 2017 put a ban on trading in the endangered Shea-nut and Africana Afzelia tree species in Acholi Sub-region and Adjumani district, dealers still have not given up on…
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Bugoma Forest Reserve boundary opening resumes
KIKUUBE– Government through the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, in partnership with the National Forestry Authority [ NFA ] has resumed the process of reopening the boundary of Bugoma Forest…
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Climate Change: Amuru farmers call for sustainable land use techniques
AMURU-Farmers in Amuru district want to be sensitised on how to preserve the environment while utilising land for production. The farmers have come to learn that their poor farming methods continue to…
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