Uganda
Papers in this Open Issue of MRD address diverse key concerns of sustainable mountain development as identified in the final outcome document of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20). Papers in the MountainDevelopment section examine how stakeholder analysis can enhance integrated water management in Uganda and how communication endeavors can improve...
Through generations of innovation and experiment, smallholder farms (cultivated pieces of land smaller than 50 acres) have nurtured a rich diversity of both wild and domestic plants and animals. While most academic literature emphasises the accelerated loss of biodiversity, this book describes how large numbers of smallholder farmers are conserving biodiversity in their farmland and surrounds...
The Horn/East Africa Regional Pastoral Programme (RPP) is a 15 year programme which seeks to address the poverty and marginalisation of pastoralists in the Horn and East African countries of Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya,Tanzania and Uganda. This is a mid-term evaluation of the regional programme, which commenced in 2003. The purpose is to assess the impact or effectiveness of the...
The Horn/East Africa Regional Pastoral Programme (RPP) is a 15 year programme which seeks to address the poverty and marginalisation of pastoralists in the Horn and East African countries of Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya,Tanzania and Uganda. This is a mid-term evaluation of the regional programme, which commenced in 2003. The purpose is to assess the impact or effectiveness of the...
The rural poor have no easy access to loans and grants from commercial banks or financial structures, because they lack collateral and modern business plans. But there is a lot of capital in rural areas that could be used to invest in farming. This is a case study of microfinance from Uganda.
The Compendium of "Studies of EIA Practice in Developing Countries" is a companion volume to the UNEP Environmental Impact Assessment Training Resource Manual. It contains a series of case studies of EIA (and elements of SEA) practice in developing and transitional countries. The case studies have been prepared by EIA specialists from developing countries to exemplify how the EIA...
Human wellbeing relies on our ability to exploit our diverse and often fragile natural environment sustainably and into the far distant future. If there is no such thing as environmentally neutral economic growth, there is certainly an increasing number of options for sustainable human and social development. Such new approaches are essential to the achievement of the United Nations Millennium...
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