POPs Project for Development of National Implementation Plan (NIP)
The National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) with technical assistance from United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and funding from the Global Environment Facility (GEF) implemented the Project for the ‘Enabling Activities for the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs): National Implementation Plan for Uganda’. The project started in July 2005 and was completed in March […]
Conservation and Sustainable Use of the Threatened Savanna Woodland in the Kidepo Critical Landscape in North Eastern Uganda
Project title: Conservation and Sustainable Use of the Threatened Savanna Woodland in the Kidepo Critical Landscape in North Eastern Uganda Background Government of Uganda (GoU) through the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), received financial support from the Global Environment Facility (GEF) to implement this project. The project satisfies the requirements for GEF financing under Biodiversity […]
Clearing House Mechanism (CHM)
NEMA on behalf of the government of Uganda received financial support from Global Environmental Facility(GEF) through United Nations Environment Program(UNEP) for the development of a National clearing House Mechanism (CHM). The Uganda Clearing House Mechanism (UG-CHM) will be a web based portal designed to facilitate information exchange and utilization amongst all stakeholders in Uganda on […]
Project on institutional capacity strengthening for implementation of the Nagoya protocol on access to genetic resources and benefit sharing in Uganda
1.0 Background: The Global Environment Facility (GEF) is providing financial support to Government of Uganda to implement a project titled Institutional Capacity Strengthening for Implementation of the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit Sharing in Uganda (ABS project). The project goal is to conserve Uganda’s genetic resources and its associated traditional knowledge […]
Promoting integrated landscape management approach for conservation of the Mount Elgon ecosystem in eastern Uganda project
1.0 Background The Government of Uganda has identified and prioritized equitable access to productive land, sustainable natural resources management and integrated landscape planning and management as critical development pathways for meeting economic growth, poverty reduction and industrialization. One of the country’s critical landscapes faced with vast land management challenges is the Mt. Elgon landscape. This […]
January – March 2022 Newsletter
Welcome to the January – March 2022 NEMA newsletter With every successive edition of the newsletter, we make great efforts to improve content, design and outlook and diversity. We are grateful to all our partners and the public for supporting the newsletter and hope that you continue to find it as an informative source of […]
Makuutu Rare Earth Project in Bugiri, Mayuge and Bugweri Districts
MAKUUTU RARE EARTH ELEMENTS ESIA REPORT DISCLOSURE The National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) invites the General Public to review and scrutinise the Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) Report for the proposed Makuutu Rare Earth Elements (REE) Project. The Makuutu Rare Earth Elements (REE) Project is a 27 year proposed mining project for extraction of […]
National Guidelines for Biodiversity and Social Offsets
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In a bid to ensure that development projects do not adversely affect biodiversity which is critical for peoples’ wellbeing and livelihoods, the Government of Uganda has put in place policies and legal frameworks aimed at adopting and implementing international best practices and standards that ensure No Net Loss (NNL) and preferably a net […]
June 2022 News Letter
Welcome you to this special edition of our quarterly newsletter. Today we commemorate the World Environment Day (WED) 2022 in a relatively big way for the first time since the lifting of the Covid-19 lockdowns. We are grateful that we are still alive, and we also pray for the souls of all the departed. This […]
District Environment Information Resource Centers Evaluation
In order to increase its visibility in the communities, The National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) through the NEMA Library decided to establish District Environment Information Resource Centers (DEIRC) in more than 114 Local governments in Uganda. The main purpose of these DEIRCs was to provide environmental information for development planning, community mobilization, education, awareness and […]