Environmental questions in Uganda tend to sit between a written rule and an observed practice. This collection covers both sides: what the regulation says, and what the monitoring and field reporting actually record.
Regulation, licensing and compliance
Several articles here work through specific instruments and the authority that administers them. A regulation is only as meaningful as its enforcement, so where compliance data or licensing practice is documented, it appears next to the rule rather than in a separate piece.
Resources under pressure
Forests, wetlands, fisheries and waste streams are treated as resources with measurable stock and flow, not as scenery. That framing is what connects an environmental article to the economic and tourism material elsewhere on the site.
Everything on Environment & Natural Resources
12 articles
- Natural Resource Depletion in Uganda: Methods, Data, and Why It MattersHow Uganda measures natural resource depletion — the statistical methods, data challenges, and why accurate resource accounting matters for sustainable development.
- Renewable Resources in Uganda: Understanding Regeneration vs. DepletionHow Uganda manages forests, fisheries and farmland by tracking net depletion versus natural regrowth — a practical guide to sustainable resource thinking.
- Uganda's Fisheries Sector: Lake Victoria, Livelihoods, and the Challenge of SustainabilityUganda's fisheries sector drives economic growth and food security. Explore Lake Victoria's fish stocks, sustainability challenges, and the sector's future.
- Metal Scrap Recycling in Uganda: What Can Be RecoveredWhich metals can be recycled in Uganda, which are classified hazardous, and how Uganda's 2020 waste regulations shape the scrap metal economy. Practical guide.
- NEMA: Uganda's Environmental Authority and How It WorksUganda's NEMA oversees environmental licences, impact assessments, and waste management rules for lodges, tourism operators, and communities across Uganda.
- Uganda Environmental Licences: Waste Management, Tourism Facilities, and What the Rules Actually RequireHow Uganda's waste management licences work, how long they last, when to renew, and what the rules mean for lodges and tourism operators near national parks.
- Uganda Waste Management Regulations: A Practical Compliance GuideUganda's S.I. 49/2020 waste management rules: hazardous vs non-hazardous classification, plastic waste requirements, metal recycling, and compliance checklist.
- Kampala Development Plan 2025–2030Kampala's Strategic Plan 2025–2030: climate resilience, 80km of drainage, roads, waste management, and slum upgrading. What the KCCA is building.
- Uganda Hazardous Waste Regulations: Classification, E-Waste, and Prohibited Practices Under S.I. No. 49 of 2020Uganda's hazardous waste regulations (S.I. 49/2020): chemical waste categories, e-waste rules, prohibited practices, labelling, and transport requirements.
- Electronic Waste in Uganda: 2020 Regulations & Recycling EconomyUganda's 2020 e-waste regulations ban illegal dumping and define recycling rules for metals, electronics, and hazardous materials.
- Natural Capital and Asset-Based Sustainability Measurement in UgandaWhy tracking Uganda's asset stocks — forests, wildlife, minerals, and land — matters more than GDP alone for measuring long-term economic sustainability.
- NatureUganda's Regional Office Network: From Gulu to MbararaNatureUganda runs 5 regional offices from Gulu in the north to Mbarara in the southwest, plus a Kampala-Naguru secretariat. Learn how this network covers Uganda.