Fundamental parts of the monitoring program is based on a workshop in Kasese in April 2011. The report is available for download here:<\/p>\n
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Report abstract:<\/strong><\/p>\n Uganda plan to start oil and gas exploration and development in the Albertine Graben in the\u00a0Rift Valley. The area is a global biodiversity hot spot, and the oil and gas development activities\u00a0can potentially have severe impacts on the ecosystem and the society. As part of management\u00a0actions in connection with the planned activities, Uganda will establish an environmental monitoring\u00a0programme in the Albertine Graben covering ecological and societal issues.<\/p>\n Funded by the Norwegian Government under the environment pillar of the Uganda oil for development\u00a0program, a participatory process has been initiated to build up a monitoring program\u00a0with indicators. One important step in this process was to arrange a scoping workshop attended\u00a0by various major stakeholders. The workshop was conducted in Kasese, Uganda from\u00a011th to 14th April 2011. The Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA) was contracted by\u00a0the Directorate for Nature Management, Norway, to facilitate the workshop. The National Environment\u00a0Management Authority (NEMA) in Uganda is the lead agency in developing and managing\u00a0the monitoring program, including the process of establishing it.<\/p>\n The main objectives of the Kasese scoping workshop was to identify focused measurable indicators\u00a0to be used in the environmental monitoring programme for the Albertine Graben. This\u00a0report summarizes the process at and the results from the Kasese workshop. Five major themes were identified prior to the workshop, namely<\/p>\n A total of 42 VECs and 78 drivers were identified, 31 cause \u2013\u00a0effect charts were constructed and 46 Indicator Fact Sheets were produced at the workshop.\u00a0According to the workshop results the ecosystem indicators will be concentrated around wetlands\u00a0and water, fish, flagship mammals and birds, flagship wetland animal species and flagship\u00a0floral ecosystem components. Focus was also put on indicators on diversity below ground, Report referece:<\/p>\n Thomassen, J. & Hindrum, R. 2011. Environmental Monitoring Programme for the Albertine\u00a0Graben, Uganda. Results from an ecosystem indicator scoping workshop in Kasese, Uganda,\u00a0April 2011. – NINA Report 706. 118 pp.<\/em><\/p>\n Contact information;<\/p>\n J\u00f8rn Thomassen, NINA, Po Box 5685 Sluppen, NO-7485 Trondheim, Norway<\/em> Fundamental parts of the monitoring program is based on a workshop in Kasese in April 2011. The report is available for download here: [wpfilebase tag=file id=126 tpl=data-table \/] Report abstract: Uganda plan to start oil and gas exploration and … Continue reading
\nSeveral lectures were given to clarify the oil and gas development plans, the status of the biodiversity\u00a0and sensitivity in the Albertine Graben and the workshop process. The\u00a0Adaptive Environmental Assessment and Management (AEAM) method was used as a working\u00a0approach to the scoping. The AEAM is a systematic step by step scoping process where\u00a0the participants work in groups identifying and prioritizing main focal issues (Valued Ecosystem\u00a0Components (VECs)), the major associated drivers (impact factors from the oil and gas development),\u00a0cause\u2013effect charts where VECs and drivers are seen in a context, impact hypotheses,\u00a0and monitoring recommendations including measurable indicators.<\/p>\n\n
\nphysical and chemical indicators on water, air, soil and micro climate. Society indicator recommendations\u00a0include settlements, food, water and sanitation, health, energy, infrastructure, education,\u00a0culture and archeological sites. Recommendations concerning management and business\u00a0issues were given on tourism, fisheries, agriculture and forestry, transport and construction\u00a0materials.<\/p>\n
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\n Reidar Hindrum, DN, Po Box 5672 Sluppen, NO-7485 Trondheim, Norway<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"