Offenders of the Mining and Minerals Act
Offenders of the Mining and Minerals Act are expected to pay fines ranging from 60–500 million Shillings or serve imprisonment terms of between 2 and 7 years or both
The MIND is a monthly publication. It contains Indicators updated on Monthly, Quarterly and Yearly frequencies. Consequently, it is prepared with a lag of one month, owing to the need to compile data that has been officially released following the end of the preceding month. The same principle applies to the Quarterly and Yearly data.
Uganda endorsed the UAE Declaration on Sustainable Agriculture, Resilient Food Systems, and Climate Action. It was among the 159 countries that committed to expedite the integration of agriculture and food systems into their climate action and, simultaneously, to mainstream climate action across our policy agendas and actions related to agriculture and food systems.
TotalEnergies entered into a five-year partnership with NFA to conserve and restore Uganda’s largest central forest reserve. Bundongo CFR situated in Albertine rift is the largest mahogany forest in East Africa and is estimate to accommodate 600-800 chimpanzees.
Budongo is threatened by human activities as populations around it continue to swell e.g. illegal logging and production of charcoal
The enjoyment of human rights by displaced populations and their communities is directly affected by the adverse effects of climate change and environmental degradation throughout the displacement cycle, in places of origin, transit and destination.
The international community should be encouraged to include displaced populations in Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and National Adaptation Plans (NAPs), while addressing the adaptation needs of highly vulnerable communities.
The Scaling up Climate Ambition on Land Use and Agriculture through Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) and National Adaptation Plans (NAPs) (SCALA) Programme recognizes the unique role of the private sector in spurring innovation and investment for transformative climate action in the agriculture and land use sectors.
Energy employment includes jobs in fuel supply (coal, oil, natural gas, bioenergy, nuclear fuel, low emissions hydrogen and critical minerals), the power sector (generation, transmission, distribution and storage), and end-uses (vehicle manufacturing and energy efficiency in buildings and industry)
Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) launched a mobile based subscription application dubbed “My Gorilla Family” that enables users to join a gorilla family and contribute to saving the endangered species. It is as a result of a public-private partnership between UWA and the House of Gorilla Initiative (HOG)
The Regional Certification Mechanism is one of the six tools approved by ICGLR’s 12 Heads of State and is part of the Regional Initiative against the illegal exploitation of Natural Resources (RINR). It is a compulsory regional standard for certification of the 3Ts (tin, tantalum, tungsten) and gold sourced from or transiting across an ICGLR Member State.