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Wetlands: interventions NEMA 2007 NEMA 2009 Wetland restoration in progress: Demolition of illegal structures in the Nsooba-Lubigi wetland, a surbub on the outskirts of Kampala City (2009). Enforcement has been intensified in the wake of increased wetland degradation in Kampala and other parts of the country. 32
NEMA 2008 Hon. Jennifer Namuyangu, Minister of State for Water (front-right) prepares to plant a tree to mark World Wetlands Day celebrations held at Sezibwa Falls, Mukono District February 2008. Mr. Paul Mafabi (second from left), Commissioner for Wetlands explains to the Minister. 33
Page 1: U G A N D A Atlas of Our Changing E
Page 4 and 5: © 2009, National Enviornment Manag
Page 6 and 7: Chapter 2: Uganda’s Changing Envi
Page 8 and 9: Foreword Hon. Maria Mutagamba MINIS
Page 10 and 11: Sunset over Europe and Africa A dig
Page 12 and 13: The beautiful ridges landscape in K
Page 14 and 15: Wekesa George (S4. Seeta High Schoo
Page 16 and 17: Geology Kilometres ) Atlas of Ugand
Page 18 and 19: Climate Uganda experiences moderate
Page 20 and 21: Rainfall distribution Kilometres At
Page 22 and 23: Climatic zones Zone 1: Lake Victori
Page 24 and 25: Water Resources NEMA 2006 NEMA 2008
Page 26 and 27: Lake Water Levels Lake Victoria hig
Page 28 and 29: River Basins, Lakes and Wetlands NE
Page 30 and 31: Drainage NEMA 2008 Kilometres Direc
Page 32 and 33: Ground water Simondwa 2006 Credit..
Page 34 and 35: Land cover / Land use Legend CLASS
Page 36 and 37: Land use Terraced gardens and inten
Page 38 and 39: Wetlands: about 33,000 km 2 ; 13% o
Page 40 and 41: Ramsar Convention Name of Ramsar si
Page 42 and 43: Wetlands: importance and uses Ugand
Page 44 and 45: Wetlands: threats Indiscriminate du
Page 48 and 49: Plant a tree for the future: A girl
Page 50 and 51: Forests NEMA 2009 An early morning
Page 52 and 53: Conservation areas: Protected areas
Page 54 and 55: Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) 200
Page 56 and 57: Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) 200
Page 58 and 59: Soils: General status Soils Acric F
Page 60 and 61: Soils: Agro-Ecological Zones Agro-E
Page 62 and 63: Agro-Ecological Rainfall Minimum Al
Page 64 and 65: Energy: Hydro electric power NEMA (
Page 66 and 67: Energy: different sources of energy
Page 68 and 69: NEMA file photo (2008) Kasese Cobal
Page 70 and 71: More pictures of Game parks /wildli
Page 72 and 73: K I R U Kiruhura 1990 NEMA file pho
Page 74 and 75: Karamoja Karamoja Increase in agric
Page 76 and 77: Kibimba Rice Scheme Ten years ago,
Page 78 and 79: a Mabira 2001 Mabira forest 2001 Ma
Page 80 and 81: Part of the Mabira Tropical High Fo
Page 82 and 83: Katuugo Forest 1990, Nakasongola Di
Page 84 and 85: I 70 Budongo Forest Reserve Decreas
Page 86 and 87: Budongo fire fronts 2002 Budongo fi
Page 88 and 89: u g o u g o 74 Katuugo Forest Reser
Page 90 and 91: 76 Mwenge - Mafuga Forest Reserves
Page 92 and 93: Rhino camp 1975 78 Pader Refugee ca
Page 94 and 95: Kooki Hills Area Degraded hills The
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Rakai District Local Administration
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Rakai District Local Administration
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Budongo Forest 1974 Mt. Elgon Natio
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NEMA 2008 Dawn at the Mt. Elgon Ran
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Lake Wamala Wetland degradation Lak
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NEMA 2007 Kabale-Iyamuriro wetland
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Aerial view of Kabale-Iyamuriro wet
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Lake Mutanda Rapid silting and wetl
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District State of Environment Repor
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Laropi- Moyo lakes/ lagoons Floods
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Bridge before 1998 floods Bridge af
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Teso region Flooding The northern p
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Kampala Urbanisation and industrial
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Kampala City (2005) Kampala City (2
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Naguru-Kololo in 1959 In 1959, Kamw
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Bugolobi in 1959 Unplanned settleme
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. Clock T Flood prone area at Clock
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Bwaise . 118 Construction in the Ns
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. 120 Construction in waterways at
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Namuwongo . Construction of houses
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Naguru Housing Estate Nakawa market
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Biomass Land use/land cover Land us
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Positive impacts of Kampala’s cha
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A NEMA 2008 Some of the landmarks i
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132 NEMA 2008
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NEMA 2008 Mt. Elgon borders Uganda
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Changes in glacial extent: Rwenzori
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River Semliki Eroded banks of River
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NEMA 2006 NEMA 2007 NEMA 2007 A her
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142 Kagera River Siltation of Lake
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144 Lake Victoria Green algae bloom
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AA 146 Lake Kyoga Shallow lake, uns
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NEMA 2006 NEMA staff and Lira Distr
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150 Kasyoha- Kitomi Forest Reserve
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Location of Yoro Location of Yoro 1
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NEMA 2007 Misuse of seasonal wetlan
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Uganda’s economy More than 73% of
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Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
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MDG 7: Ensure Environmental Sustain
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The 2000-2005 growth rate in Africa
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John Gibbons: Uganda At A Glance 20
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Literacy rate Literacy rates for th
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Tourism and the Environment Tourist
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Land use and land cover Over 36 per
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Forest Reserves Central Forest Rese
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and Ntungamo had the percentage of
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Latrine Coverage The use of proper
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Energy for cooking in 2005-2006 Ene
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Arable land Almost all Uganda’s l
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Recommendations 1. Efforts to reduc
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NEMA 2006 184 Kika Group, a local d
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Wildlife Where is my food- The Gira
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Biodiversity NEMA 2006 NEMA 2008 Ec
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Areas of interest Houses of Parliam
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Nature A modern country homestead n
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Places of worship Namirembe Cathedr
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Traditional aspects Gisu Imbalu (ci
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Crater lakes in Uganda 198
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Acronyms AEZ AIDS AKDN AKFED AMCOW
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Index A Abim 60,181 Abstraction 18
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Montane forests 90 Moon x Moroto 60
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