Environment
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Adjumani police arrest six inside protected areas
ADJUMANI– Police in Adjumani district have detained six suspects with 297 pieces of timber worth Shs 89 million. The timber was cut from protected areas of East Madi Wildlife and Conservation and…
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Minister Anywar urges wetland encroachers to vacate
SOROTI – The State Minister for Environment, Beatrice Anywar Atim, has urged Ugandans exploiting wetlands to relocate as directed by government or else they will face the wrath of the law. The…
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Nebbi locals scold Chinese investors over pollution
NEBBI-Residents of Thidwer village in Olago parish, Padwot Sub-county in Nebbi district are enraged by the air and sound pollution caused by Mukoda Engineering Works Limited, a Chinese company carrying out stone…
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Pallisa rice farmers ask govt for alternative sources of livelihood
PALLISA – Rice farmers in Pallisa district have warned that unless government secures them an alternative sources of livelihood, they will never vacate the wetlands they have been using for generations. In…
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Partners use carbon credits to promote growing of bamboo in Acholi
GULU-Eco-ways Uganda and Tree Nation, all concerned with environmental conservation, have partnered to introduce the commercial planting of bamboo in Acholi Sub-region under the carbon credit programme. The 25-year partnership will see…
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Wetland encroachers urged to embrace poverty alleviation programmes
GULU– People living in gazetted wetland areas in Gulu City have been asked to embrace government programmes aimed at fighting poverty and protecting the environment at the same time. Recently, the National…
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New initiative to help unlock US$ 3trn needed a year for climate and nature
DAVO-KLOSTERS-The World Economic Forum, supported by more than 45 partners today launched the Giving to Amplify Earth Action [GAEA], a global initiative to fund and grow new and existing public, private and…
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Lack of climate adaptation investment could cost emerging markets hundreds of billions by 2030
KAMPALA – Failure to invest the bare minimum needed to withstand projected climate damage could cost emerging markets hundreds of billions in climate damages and lost GDP growth this decade, according to…
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Killing of chimpanzees for meat upsets conservationists in Bunyoro
KIKUUBE-Conservationists in Bunyoro Sub-region region are worried following the increasing cases of killing chimpanzees in the area for meat. Barbra Babwetera, the executive director Cross-Cultural Foundation of Uganda [CCFU] said the rate at…
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Police halt sand mining in Masaka wetland
MASAKA– Environment police in Masaka have stopped activities of sand mining, following the destruction of 20 acres of a wetland at Kasanje-Nakigga village in Bukakata Sub-county, Masaka district. Kasanje-Nakigga wetland stretches from…
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