NEMA Reveals How Best To Preserve Wetlands

August 29, 2022 Uganda news Comments Off on NEMA Reveals How Best To Preserve Wetlands

The National Environment Management Authority (NEMA), the body responsible for protecting and conserving the environment in Uganda, has revealed how best to safeguard our surroundings. Speaking to NBS TV in an exclusive interview, Barirega Akankwasa, the Executive Director of NEMA, said having citizens at the same level of appreciation of environmental issues is the best conservation way. This is because ...

Grey-Crowned Crested Cranes On Journey To Extinction Due To Environmental Degradation

July 28, 2021 Climate Change Comments Off on Grey-Crowned Crested Cranes On Journey To Extinction Due To Environmental Degradation

The gray-rowned Crested Cranes (Balearic regulorum) are Uganda’s national symbol and heritage. The number of these amazingly peaceful creatures has continuously continued to reduce due to man’s continued degradation of the environment. The state minister for environment Beatrice Anywar the continued wetland destruction, its habitat, has enhanced the reduction. In 1996, the number of these crested cranes stood at 100,000. ...