This year’s theme reflects the urgency for nations to conserve biodiversity (environmental life varieties). Biodiversity is under threat in many areas of the world. Concern about global biodiversity loss has emerged as a prominent and widespread public issue. Thus the WED theme also supports this year’s UN International Year of Biodiversity.
Kanungu District will host national WED 2010 and the International Year of Biodiversity on 5th June under the localized theme, “Biodiversity for National Prosperity: Conserve it.”With the current encroachments on the ecosystems climate fluctuations/change, Uganda will focus on ways of recovering degraded ecosystems as well as preserving those that are not yet destroyed. Download Newsletter
THE CHALLENGES OF E-WASTE MANAGEMNT-DECEMBER 2009
Consumers no longer take a malfunctioning toaster, VCR or telephone to a repair shop. Replacement is often easier and cheaper than repair. And while these ever improving gadgets – faster, smaller, and cheaper – provide many benefits, they also carry a legacy of waste.
E-waste has been identified as the fastest growing waste stream in the world as it generates about 50 million tonnes a year which will be enough to fill a line of tip trucks stretching halfway around the world. This growth rate is estimated to be about three times faster than any form of municipal solid waste Download Newsletter
Telecommunication Masts: do they pose a health risk?-DECEMBER 2008
Uganda’s telecommunications sector is booming and growing at a high rate. With Orange and Warid Telecom joining the pool, stiff competition now exists among the telecom companies to attract as many customers through stable and wide-coverage in form of networks.
2008 has also come to an end. The year has had a number of Environment issues that have at times become societal discussions. It has robbed us of Everest Byekwaso, the pollution control hero-(former Environmental Audits and Monitoring Officer).
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Clean Development Mechanism: An Account of the Uganda Municipal Waste Composting Project-SEPTEMBER 2008
In this edition of NEMA NEWS, among the many articles, we get updates on the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) waste compost project;
In this edition of NEMA NEWS, among the many articles, we get updates on the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) waste compost project; we reflect on what happened at the Hoima-Oil Public Hearing; we look at waste management in Kampala and define waste management. Also see World Environment Day 2008 highlights in Arua. We see the need to commemorate World Ozone Da.
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