Environment
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International Tourism Recovers to Pre-Pandemic Levels in 2024
KAMPALA, January 21, 2025 — With 1.4 billion international tourist arrivals recorded globally, 2024 marked the recovery of international tourism from the worst crisis in the sector’s history. A majority of destinations…
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Lira farmers embrace integrated rice-fish farming system
LIRA, January 21, 2025 – Despite the high costs of digging fish channels in rice fields, over 80 farmers in Lira district have already embraced the newly introduced integrated rice-fish farming system,…
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Costa Rica launches Coffee+ Initiative, guaranteeing zero deforestation
SAN JOSE, January 16, 2025 –– Costa Rican coffee is known worldwide for its quality. Now, it also seeks to differentiate itself in international markets as a product that guarantee zero deforestation…
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CSOs, MPs diasgree on funding tourism sector
KAMPALA, January 15, 2025 –– Legislators on the Committee of Trade and Tourism have disagreed with a recommendation by Civil Society Organisations [CSOs] to increase the Tourism Development Programme budget to at…
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Mbarara and Bushenyi residents affected by hailstorm receive relief items
MBARARA CITY, January 11, 2025 – The Office of the Prime Minister [OPM] has provided relief items including food to the residents of Rukindo village in Nyakayojo Ward, who were severely affected…
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Hazardous pesticides: The silent killer in Uganda
KAMPALA, January 9, 2025 — Civil society organisations in Uganda have raised concerns over the unchecked use of hazardous pesticides, describing the bad practice as an escalating threat to public health, biodiversity,…
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Illegal charcoal trade shifts to boda boda and buses in Adjumani
ADJUMANI, January 6, 2025 — Charcoal traders in Adjumani district have resorted to using boda boda and buses to transport charcoal following a presidential ban on commercial charcoal trade in Northern Uganda.…
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Gov’t commissions multi-billion water project in Zombo
ZOMBO, December 27, 2024 — The Ministry of Water and Environment recently commissioned a Shs 5.3 billion water project in Zombo Town Council, Zombo district. The project, launched in March 2023 under…
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Bulambuli: Museveni visits landslide survivors, commits government support
BULAMBULI, December 23, 2024: President Yoweri Museveni recently assured landslide survivors that the government will provide them with two acres of land per family and enough money to construct better houses for…
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UNDP Advocates African Coffee Sector Transformation Amid Looming EUDR Deadline
NEW YORK, December 23, 2024: The EU Deforestation Regulation [ EUDR ] has put commodity producing countries under pressure, with many working hard to find ways to comply. UNDP is encouraging governments…
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