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Item Sensitise communities about environmental conservation.(Saturday Monitor, 2017-01-21) Mushabe, EmmanuelIts quite hard to believe that Uganda the pearl of Africa is battling with drought for the last 15 years.Item Nonve forest surveyor is not qualified, land probe told.(Daily Monitor, 2017-08-25) Kasozi, Ephraim; Namyalo, JaliraA surveyor who surveyed Nonve central forest reserve land in Kakiri sub-county, Wakiso district, leading to illegal titling and acquisition, does not have the requisite qualifications required by law, the commission of inquiry into land matters heard.Item Probe : original data on land survey missing.(Daily Monitor, 2017-08-25) Kasozi, Ephraim; Namyalo, JaliraSome of the original survey information has gone missing from the Lands Ministry, the commissions of inquiry into land matters have discovered.Item NFA bosses quizzed over razed Kajjansi forest.(Daily Monitor, 2017-08-17) Kasozi, EphraimKampala. National forestry authority(NFA) officials have been accused of failing to execute their mandate leading to destruction of 207 hectares of Kajjansi central forest reserve in Wakiso district.Item Turning waste into plastic pavers.(Daily Monitor, 2017-09-13) Nakalya, Esther BridgetA group of environmentalists known as Kasanvu Environmentalists Group in Kisugu have come up with a way to involve residents in collecting rubbish and turning into plastic pavers.Item Encroachers degrade Nakivubo wetland.(Daily Monitor, 2017-08-18) Kasozi, EphraimKampala. Nakivubo channel wetland that filters sewage and waste water from Kampala city before emptying into lake Victoria, has been encroached on and destroyed by developers, the commission of inquiry into land matters has established.Item Contribution towards water resource management, environmental protection and regional integration.(Daily Monitor, 2017-07-28) Ministry of Water and Environment.Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project Phase Two (LVEMP II) is a regional Initiative Implemented by the East African Community partner states of Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda.Item NEMA evicts 7,000 wetland encroachers.(Daily Monitor, 2017-08-01) Kolyangha, MudanghaThe government has evicted more than 7,000 encroachers from wetlands in Kibuku District. The forcible eviction follows the expiry of a six-month grace period that the government had granted to the encroachers.Item Government starts evicting wetland encroachers.(New Vision, 2017-07-20) Odeke, FaustineThe government has started evicting encroachers on wetlands across the country following President Museveni's directive to restore the degraded water catchment area and protect the ecosystem.Item Water prices incase as dry spell hits Rakai, Kyotera.(Daily Monitor, 2018-02-12) Kimbowa, IvanDue to the increased water scarcity, a 20-litre jerrycan of water now costs shs2000 up from shs500 in the past one month.Item One drowns in Lake Albert, nine rescued.(New Vision, 2017-07-21) Kasooha, IsmaelOne person is missing and nine others have been rescued after a canoe they were sailing in capsized a few metres to Kitebere landing site.Item construction of canals on namasuba road to end floods.(Daily Monitor, 2017-08-25) Kabengwa, James; Kiggundu, JosephThe uncontrolled floods at Lufuka wetland off Entebbe road that have since become a death trap for many pedestrians during rainy seasons will be no more when the shs23b Namasuba-Ndejje Kitiko road is completed.Item Plastic ban, relief for Lake Victoria.(Saturday Monitor, 2017-09-16) Saturday MonitorThe ban by the Kenyan government on plastic bag manufacturing and use has been seen as an answer to the dwindling fish stocks in Lake Victoria. The plastic ban took effect in the country on 28 August, 2017.Item NFA gives out only seed centre to investor, ministry not notified.(Sunday Monitor, 2017-08-13) Tajuba, PaulThe National Forestry Authority (NFA) top leadership has given out land belonging to the only national seed centre at Namanve in Mukono District to a private company, this paper has learnt.Item Hunger bites as dry spell hits Ntungamo.(Daily Monitor, 2017-08-10) Rumanzi, Perez; Tumushabe, AlfredRuhaama County has not received rains in the last six months. This has rendered facing biting hunger, especially in Rweikiniro, Ruhaama, Ruhaama East, Kitwe Town Council and Ngoma sub-counties.Item Earthquake finds district boss bathing outside, flees(Daily Monitor, 2017-07-31) Atuhaire, Scovia; Tajuba, PaulYesterday morning began like any other day for Rubirizi District chairperson sylvester Agubashongorera as it was for other residents until about 10am. As he took bath in an open-topped shelter on the compound, a whirlwind gathered and dumped dust in the water in a basin, prompting him to flee.Item Rights group demands birth control for dogs.(Daily Monitor, 2017-08-08) Tajuba, PaulA global animal rights organisation has asked Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) to stop killing stray dogs and instead collaborate with their owners to provide "family planning methods" to the Animals.Item How rural community is defeating climate change.(Daily Monitor, 2017-08-15) Tajuba, Paul.To many farmers, any mention for weather patterns of 2015 and 2016 bring memories of horrible crop failures and starvation of animals.Item Acholi chiefs stoned over sugar factory land saga.(Daily Monitor, 2017-07-28) Ocungi, JuliusThree cultural leaders in Amuru District yesterday survived being lynched by residents who turned rowdy and pelted them with stones over allegations that they endorsed the giveaway of 10,000 hectares of land to Madhvani Group of Companies for a sugar factory.Item Gulu starts demarcation of wetlands.(Daily Monitor, 2017-07-28) Ocungi, JuliusGulu Municipality has embarked on mass boundary demarcation of wetlands in a bid to conserve them. The exercise follows an acute water crisis that hit the municipality in 2016 and early this year.