Environment
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Extreme weather: DARAJA East Africa Scale Up Programme to provide early warnings
KAMPALA: Resurgence, an organisation that helps cities and their communities protect themselves from the impacts of climate change, recently announced the launch of the DARAJA East Africa Scale Up Programme, spanning cities…
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Restoring environment: Kooki Chiefdom intensifies tree-planting campaign in Rakai district
RAKAI – Kooki Chiefdom has launched a tree planting campaign to restore the degraded landscapes in Rakai district. Apollo Sansa Kabumbuli II who is Kooki Chiefdom’s cultural leader launched the campaign during…
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Lira City receives 100 tree seedlings for planting
LIRA- Sustainable Development Goals [SDGs] Champions in partnership with Uganda National NGO Forum through the Office of the Prime Minister have offered 100 different tree seedlings for planting in Lira City with…
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Degraded landscapes in Uganda to be planted with indigenous trees
SEMBABULE – Uganda has been selected among the seven countries in Eastern and Southern Africa to implement a five-year project for the restoration of degraded landscapes in communities that are most at…
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Bunyoro-Kitara Kingdom petitions minister over land dispute with Hoima Sugar Limited
HOIMA – Bunyoro-Kitara Kingdom [BKK] officials are in disagreement with Hoima Sugar Limited over land measuring five square miles of land located in the sub-counties of Kyangwali and Kabwoya in Kikuube district.…
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Environment Parliament calls for more investment in waste disposal
KAMPALA – To tackle climate change, the Environment Parliament has issued a call for a substantial increase in investment in solid waste disposal research if the country is to have a safe…
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Leaders welcome Museveni’s executive order on charcoal business
GULU– President Museveni`s executive ban on commercial charcoal in Northern Uganda and Eastern Uganda has drawn mixed reactions among leaders. In a letter dated May 19, Museveni banned commercial charcoal business in…
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Parliament halts evictions in Mt. Elgon National Park
KAMPALA – The Speaker of Parliament, Anita Among, has issued a directive to Uganda Wildlife Authority [UWA] officials in Sebei sub-region to halt evictions of people living around Mt. Elgon National Park.…
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UWA says invasive plants causing wildlife-human conflicts
KARENGA– The Uganda Wildlife Authority [UWA] has said invasive plant species are partly responsible for the ongoing wildlife-human conflicts in some parts of the country that host forest and game reserves. Invasive…
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Among calls for immediate support for flood victims
KAMPALA – Speaker of Parliament, Anita Among has demanded immediate intervention for residents of Kigezi and Rwenzori sub-regions who have been affected by floods following the recent heavy downpour. Reports indicate that…
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