Hello again, this is
Global Bridge Network (GBN)!
Our current report will
still be about ‘Environmental Protection through Expanding Lemon grass growing
and Education in Uganda’.
Furthermore, we shall
also report about the activities conducted last year whose projects also
managed to succeed very well. Happy to say!!
Last
time, we urged the council to debate and discuss the possible by-laws ofenvironmental protection in the 4 sub counties in Oct 2017.
However this time, we carried out field monitoring to fight wetland
encroachment by sub-county leaders.
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| Uncontrolled wetland vegetation burning |
In our project area, endless wetland
encroachment that has been caused by landfilling and burning of unsustainable
farming activities by local people are resulting to massive environmental
degradation. People are using Wetlands as their source of water. So they must
be protected in order to solve uncertainties such as drought.
Therefore, we mobilized the sub-county leaders to visit and monitor
the environmental degraded sites in their respective sub-county.
The field monitoring was
attended by a total of 600 participants from 4 sub-counties that is to say,
Kibalinga, Nabingoola, Kigando and Kasambya which were the same sub-counties
last time.
Some factors leading to environmental degradation were also discovered during the monitoring process. Such as…
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| Environmental degradation through burning |
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| Wetland encroachment arising through landfilling |
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| Wetland reclamation caused by arable farming |
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| Indiscriminate waste dumping in wetlands |
However during the monitoring, some of the participants came up with some solutions to the ongoing problems.
- Carryout out regular site visits to stop further encroachment and degradation
- Sensitize community members about the dangers of wetland degradation and vegetation burning
- Arrest and punish encroachers
In a month that followed the monitoring process and
meetings were implemented: as shown in the photo below;
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The district natural resources officer-makes
measurements to mark wetland boundary
In order to prevent further damage |
In summary, the sub-county leaders witnessed the environmental degradation as well as wetland encroachment which made them clearly understand its concreate challenges and realized their roles on environmental protection.
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| Feedback meeting after filed monitoring |
You can find the details in the reports below,
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