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Plant a tree for the future: A girl plants a tree during national celebrations to mark World Environment Day, 5 June 2006 in Kumi District under the theme “Protect Drylands against Desertification” NEMA 2006 34
Forests: Forest Reserves Legend CLASS Coniferous Needle leaved forest THF weel well stocked THF low stocked Woodland Kilometres 0 30 60 120 180 240 300 National Forestry Authority (NFA) 2008 Figure 11: Forest Reserves in <strong>Uganda</strong> NEMA 2006 35
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 46 and 47: Wetlands: interventions NEMA 2007 N
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
Page 96 and 97: 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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