CAN AFRICAN FARMERS EFFECTIVELY MANAGE PLASTIC WASTE?
African farmers have been challenged to embrace different efforts through climate action to effectively manage plastic waste, as the continent and the world at...
NEMA & RWAMPARA DISTRICT LG START 2-WEEK WETLAND RESTORATION PROGRAMME
The National Environment Management Authority-NEMA southwestern Uganda office together with Rwampara district Local Government have started a 2-week wetland restoration programme.
This programme or operation...
FIGHTING PLASTIC POLLUTION: Women environmental defenders launch grassroots campaign
BY Aaron Ainomugisha, RISE NEWS UGANDA NETWORK, western Uganda. Women Environmental Defenders in western Uganda have launched a grassroots campaign to fight the escalating...
HOW CORRUPTION & POLICY GAPS ARE HINDERING THE RESTORATION OF RIVER RWIZI
BY AARON AINOMUGISHA. Environmentalists and other concerned stakeholders in Mbarara city western Uganda have attributed the terrible pollution choking River Rwizi to corruption, connivance...
ANGRY RIVER RWIZI SWALLOWS 2ND YEAR MEDICAL STUDENT AND 2 OTHERS
Fear has engulfed the locals around River Rwizi and other people who cross it daily in Mbarara city and surrounding areas.
This follows last week’s...
CHOKING BIODIVERSITY: AT LEAST 18 PEOPLE KILLED IN 1 WEEK AS FLOODS & MUDSLIDES RAVAGE WESTERN UGANDA
It is yet another eye-opener that the escalating deforestation, wetland degradation, illegal or poorly-regulated mining and other activities choking biodiversity are triggering disasters due...