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Uganda: Wetland Area Per Capita By Subcounty

May 1, 2009

This map displays wetland area per capita by subcounty, represented by the height of the red bar. Wetland area per person varies broadly among the 938 subcounties with data.

Uganda: Distribution of Permanent and Seasonal Wetlands, 1996

May 1, 2009

This map provides a view of Uganda’s national wetlands distribution and shows their location in every district.

*Sources: International boundaries (NIMA, 1997), district administrative bou

Poverty Rate in Uganda: Percentage of Rural Subcounty Population Below the Poverty Line, 2005

April 30, 2009

This map displays the 2005 poverty rates for rural subcounties.

Unfair Forestry Policies Abet Poverty, Finds New Study

March 13, 2008
Location: WASHINGTON, D.C.

Unfair government policies fail to benefit poor people who live in the forests of many developing countries. Those same policies fail even to protect forests, according to a new study.

Leading Companies Responding to Ecosystem Degradation

March 10, 2008
Location: Montreux, Switzerland

Corporate Ecosystem Services Review road-tested by Akzo Nobel,

BC Hydro, Mondi, Rio Tinto, and Syngenta

Greenwatch Uganda Champions Information Rights

By Lalanath de Silva on March 4, 2008
Location: Uganda

Laws alone are not enough to ensure environmental protection. Civil society organizations often play a critical role in bringing those laws to life. In Uganda, Greenwatch has done exactly that for the country’s laws on access to environmental information, the first of which passed in 1998.

Closing the Gap: Information, participation, and justice in decision-making for the environment

Norbert Henninger, Elena Petkova, Crescencia Maurer, and Fran Irwin with John Coyle and Gretchen Hoff

August, 2002

Addresses the status of access to information, participation, and justice in nine countries – Chile, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Mexico, South Africa, Thailand, Uganda, and the United States.

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