Uganda Ministry of Health, Uganda Ministry of Water and Environment, Uganda Bureau of Statistics, International Livestock Research Institute, World Resources Institute
October, 2009
This report presents maps and analyses designed to inform the policies surrounding
poverty reduction efforts in Uganda and to help
reach the 2015 national targets on safe drinking water and
improved sanitation.
Drawing on Uganda’s rich baseline of wetland
data and poverty mapping, this report provides a detailed
examination of the links between ecosystem services and
the location of poor communities and presents practical
lessons for policy-makers across government.
Uganda’s leaders now have access to maps that will allow them—for the first time ever—to reduce poverty through better management of the country’s wetlands.
Of the 514 subcounties with papyrus wetlands, 210 could
harvest and sell enough raw papyrus to theoretically close
the poverty gap within their administrative unit.
The Uganda National Wetlands Policy commits the Government to “the conservation of wetlands in order to sustain their ecological and socio-economic functions for the present and future well-being of
The Uganda National Wetlands Policy commits the Government to “the conservation of wetlands in order to sustain their ecological and socio-economic functions for the present and future well-being of
The Sezibwa wetland system is one of the four proposed sites to monitor long-term ecological and socioeconomic trends in Uganda’s wetlands. Map A shows the location and extent of this system.
The number of different products that could be potentially
obtained from a wetland is closely related to the type
of vegetation cover and level of wetness.
The number of different products that could be potentially
obtained from a wetland is closely related to the type
of vegetation cover and level of wetness.
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