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  The Ongo Community Forest REDD+ pilot Project, Uganda: A socioeconomic baseline survey

  Environmental Economics Programme, IIED, 2012

  This report aims to synthesise information on current socioeconomic conditions within the villages that are to be involved in the Ecotrust Pro-Poor REDD+ pilot project in the Masindi district of western Uganda.
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  Assessing local preferences for payment formats in REDD+ interventions: A case study of the Ongo Community Forest

  International Institute for Environment and Development, 2013

  The government of Uganda has over time been actively engaged in ensuring the sustainable utilisation of its forestry resources. This has been undertaken by different players including the national forestry sector, forest-neighbouring communities and private individuals owning forested land.
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  Appraisal of the programme document ‘Promoting transboundary collaboration in the Central Albertine Rift in order to reduce unsustainable exploitation of natural resources and contribute to economic development’.

  2013

  Appraisal of a programme document Submitted by the Greater Virunga Transboundary Collaboration (GVTC) to the Norwegian Embassy in Kampala 2013.
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  Enhancing the integrity of the Oil for Development Programme: Assessing vulnerabilities to corruption and identifying prevention measures - case studies of Bolivia, Mozambique Uganda. Final report.

  2012

  The overall objective of the OfD program is to promote economically, environmentally and socially responsible management of petroleum resources which safeguards the needs of future generations. To achieve this, the OfD program works towards supporting good management of petroleum resources through sound legal frameworks, implemented by the relevant institutions, with accountability.
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  Sanitation for all: an engine of economic growth for urban Africa. About time to get the shit out of town?

  2011

  Improved sanitation facilitates improvements in human health, it enhances prospects for education and work, as well as personal security and dignity and has a positive impact on the environment. In this way, sanitation has a pivotal role in achieving all eight Millennium Development Goals. Human excreta can be viewed as waste or a resource.
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  Uganda’s environment and natural resources: enhancing parliament’s oversight

  GRID Arendal, 2010

  Uganda’s natural resource base is one of the richest and most diverse in Africa, resulting in the country’s economy relying heavily on goods and services so provided. The purpose of this handbook is to provide a ready source of environmental information and trends for legislators, to foster effective appreciation and representation of environmental issues in parliament.
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  Sustainable energy solutions in East Africa: status, experiences and policy recommendations from NGOs in Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda

  2009

  This report focuses on the necessary framework for a sustainable energy project to succeed in addressing energy security and poverty reduction whilst being sustainable and environmentaly friendly. As such, the report summarises the experiences of local NGOs in Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania which serve as a guideline for Norwegian support.
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  The REDD direction: the potential for reduced forest carbon emissions, biodiversity protection and enhanced development: a desk study with special focus on Tanzania and Uganda

  Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2009

  This paper examines whether reduced emissions from forests – from deforestation and forest degradation (the REDD project) - should be included in a post-Kyoto agreement . It focuses on how REDD could be instituted at the national level, and sheds light on specific challenges for two African countries – Tanzania and Uganda.
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  Best practices in environmental information management in Africa: the Uganda case study

  Arendal Maps & Graphics Library, UNEP/GRID, 2009

  This report provides a snapshot of both the successes achieved and challenges faced in managing environmental data and information in Uganda, providing some relevant recommendations. The report firstly states that the data collection and information management infrastructure in the country is still very weak.
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  Uganda: atlas of our changing environment

  Arendal Maps & Graphics Library, UNEP/GRID, 2009

  This atlas uses remotely sensed data, ground photographs and graphics to provide evidence on both positive and negative environmental changes in Uganda. The report aims at serving as a tool for informing decision-making processes in Uganda.

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