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The changing water quality of Lake Victoria; current conditions, trends and required action
(Lake Victoria Environment Report, 2015)The Water quality and Ecosystem Management Components of the Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (LVEMP) in the three riparian countries (Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda) have made considerable progress towards ... -
Spatio-temporal Variations and Potential Health Risks of Heavy Metals in Water from River Manafwa, Uganda
(Letters in Applied NanoBioScience, 2022)The epicenter of flash flood inundations and landslides in Uganda have been areas around Mt. Elgon. By implication, it has led into loss of lives, food and water insecurity. This study assessed the seasonal variations in ... -
Trees and Watershed Management in Karamoja, Uganda
(Evidence on Demand, 2014)Karamoja is a dryland sub-region in north-east Uganda. Having suffered historical injustices, it now faces many difficulties, including civil and administrative challenges. Karamoja performs poorly on development indicators ... -
Natural Resource Management in the Northern Albertine Rift Landscape, Western Uganda: Modelling Household Land Utilisation for Conflict Reduction
(Mbarara University of Science and Technology, 2020)The discovery of oil in the Albertine Rift Landscape has increased pressure on natural resources and heightened the potential for resource use conflicts. Central to these natural resource use pressures are competing interests ... -
Environmental Crimes in Ethiopia
(INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES, 2009)"This study sets out to examine this complex question by determining what constitutes an environmental crime in Ethiopian jurisprudence.This will be done by examining the legal and institutional regime for combating ... -
The Ongo Community Forest REDD+ pilot Project, Uganda: A socioeconomic baseline survey
(International Institute for Environment and Development, 2012)Poverty and sustainable development impacts of REDD architecture is a multi-country project led by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED, UK) and the University of Life Sciences (Aas, Norway). ... -
Socio-economic conditions in REDD+ pilot areas A synthesis of five baseline surveys
(International Institute for Environment and Development, 2012)Poverty and sustainable development impacts of REDD architecture is a multi-country project led by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED, UK) and the University of Life Sciences (Aas, Norway). ... -
Poverty and sustainable development impacts of REDD architecture; options for equity growth and the environment
(International Institute for Environment and Development, 2010)Poverty and sustainable development impacts of REDD architecture is a multi country project led by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED, UK) and the University of Life Sciences (Aas, Norway). ... -
Management Regimes established for REDD+ and their Adaptability to the Institutional and Ecological Conditions: A case of Ongo Community Forest, Masindi District, Uganda.
(Noragric Report, 2015)This report is one of the outputs of the project “Man and forests – an evaluation of management strategies for reduced deforestation” which aimed at evaluating the different management strategies undertaken to obtain reduced ... -
Assessing local preferences for payment formats in REDD+ interventions A case study of the Ongo Community Forest
(International Institute for Environment and Development, 2013)Poverty and sustainable development impacts of REDD architecture is a multi-country project led by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED, UK) and the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (Aas, ... -
Biodiversity Monitoring in Uganda: assessment of Monitoring Programs Report
(NatureUganda, 2008)Countries that are party to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), including Uganda, are obliged to monitor biodiversity (Article 7.b) but many have yet to establish national monitoring programmes. Many animal and ... -
Tsetse Invasion as an Emerging Threat to Socioecological Resilience of Pastoral Communities in Karamoja, Uganda
(Sustainability, 2020)Over 70% of Uganda is infested by the tsetse fly, which has negative e ects on human and livestock health. From colonial to post-independent Uganda, the Government of Uganda has worked to eradicate the tsetse menace. ... -
Trees and Livelihoods in Karamoja, Uganda
(ResearchGate, 2014)This report presents results of a rapid desk review of academic and grey literature on the evidence relating to trees and livelihoods in Karamoja a region in north eastern Uganda. The review identified the range of ... -
Rainfall trends in the Lake Victoria Basin, Uganda
(Atmosphere, 2016)during the months of March-May and October- December; with the winds changing direction to the north ending of the lake. Over the years, rainfall in the basin has fluctuated with debilitating impacts. This is because 80% ... -
Understanding Sub-National Climate Governance: Findings from Nepal, Uganda, Vietnam and Zambia
(DIIS Report, 2016)Understanding the sub-national dynamics of climate governance is critical if individual nations and the global community are to move forward in implementing the COP21 agreement and make effective use of associated global ... -
Towards 'good enough' climate and disaster risk governance: Emerging lessons from Zambia, Nepal, Viet Nam and Uganda
(Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS), 2014)This report compares and contrasts how disaster risk management is being conceptualised in relation to emerging climate change adaptation efforts and how these two agendas are influenced by different governance systems, ... -
Climate Change Policy and Practice
(Danish Institute for International Studies, 2015)This section first analyses the national policy response and characterizes the new climate change policy arena as compared with the more established disaster and emergency response policies. Thereafter the institutional ... -
Biodiversity of Karuma Wildlife reserve based on studies conducted in two of the encroached areas, the Kibyama and Mpumwe villages.
(EPED Project, 1997)Karuma Wildlife Reserve lies in an enclave of protected areas which comprise of Murchison Falls National Park, Bugungu Wildlife Reserve, Kaniyo Pabidi and Budongo Forest Reserves. This system of protected areas mostly ... -
Acute Metam Sodium Poisoning Caused by Occupational Exposure at a Flower Farm — Uganda, October 2016
(Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 2018)On October 25, 2016, media reports alerted the Uganda Ministry of Health to an outbreak of >80 cases of vomiting, syncope, and acute diarrhea among workers at a flower farm in central Uganda; 27 workers were hospitalized. ... -
Documentation and Evaluation of EcoSan Experiences in Uganda
(DWD, 2005)Ecological sanitation (ecosan) was introduced in Uganda as an alternative sanitation system that could solve the problems of traditional means of human excreta management namely difficult soils (rocky as well areas with ...
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