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Summary: The Ministry of Water and Environment routinely develops and disseminates weather and climate information for different sectors including aviation, marine transport, water resources management, agriculture, health, national defence and security, disaster preparedness and other developmental activities to support planning and decision-making for sustainable development.    By EPHRAIM KASOZI Government has released the September to December rainfall  […]

Summary: The Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) is the communication of the national commitment regarding the country’s contribution in writing towards reducing global temperature by lowering emissions. By EPHRAIM KASOZI Arrangements have been finalized by the government through the Ministry of Water and Environment to develop and renew Climate Action plans to curb disasters resulting from destruction […]

By EPHRAIM KASOZI The absence of literature dedicated to the subject of counterfeits in water is absorbed in the hands of the abundant scarcity of information relating to the quality and safety of drinking water in Africa, which hinders efforts against concealed dangers of counterfeits and fake products. Kampala lawyer, Fred Muwema says that any […]

The Bugoma forest boundary opening report has no findings, recommendations and conclusion by the surveyors as a call on the government to solve the protracted legal battle between NFA, Hoima Sugar Limited and Bunyoro-Kitara Kingdom

Wetlands deliver a wide range of ecosystem services that contribute to human well-being such as fish, water supply, water purification, climate regulation, flood regulation, recreational opportunities, and increasingly tourism

The unabated destruction of the green belts across the country has claimed large tracts of land comprising of Bugoma Central Forest Reserve in the Midwestern region, conservationists have cried foul.

Civil society activists are concerned that the total ban on polythene carrier bags, also known as Kaveera, will ever be effectively enforced. The ban was recently passed by cabinet. But going by recent pronouncements, activists say it is difficult to see any commitment by government in upholding the ban. A case in point is the […]

It is a bright sunny morning in a freshly opened up patch of land inside Kanaga Central forest reserve, deep in Kibaale district. The cleared up place is about 500 square meters, with gardens of beans, maize and cassava. In between the gardens, stand huge burnt out tree stumps and felled logs that appear to […]