Policy Dialogue with Mukono District Leadership
Environmental Economists from the Environment for Development-Makerere University (EfD-Mak) Centre on 20th February 2020 conducted a policy tour of Mukono District Local Government headquarters where
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Environmental economists Conduct Policy Tour to Wakiso district
Environmentalist and economists from Environment for Development Initiative (EfD– Mak Centre) set out from the Ivory Tower to Wakiso district headquarters to dialogue with the councilors on the
First Policy dialogue on Governance and Natural Resources
Environment for Development Initiative (EfD–Mak) Centre on 7th November 2019 hosted its first policy dialogue on Governance and Natural Resources at the Senate Conference Room Makerere University. The
REPRC-EfD Research Recommends Review of Nigeria’s Fishery Act
Following the data collection process for the Fishery Performance Indicators, researchers at The Resource and Environmental Policy Research Centre, Environment for Development (REPRC-EfD) Nigeria
Closing ceremony with principals, teachers and the regional representative of the Ministry of Environment in the Bio-Bio Region.
The project focused on evaluating the direct and indirect effects of an educational program on students’ and parents’ knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) regarding consumption and disposal of
Prof. E. Somanathan contributes to well recognized report on melting glaciers in the Himalayas
The Hindu Kush Himalaya Assessment report launched on February 4th, 2019, finds that at least a third of the huge ice fields in Asia’s towering mountain chain are doomed to melt due to climate change
Evaluating a ‘happy’ solution to India’s crop residue burning
At the end of every rice-growing season in north-west India, usually in midNovember, farmers harvest their crop using combine harvesters. Most farmers then burn the left-over rice straw out in the
Research to propose for a flooding insurance market in the Mekong River Delta
A considerable potential of the market for agricultural flood insurance in the MRD. If this market is deployed, the Vietnamese government could reduce the burden of subsidy for disaster relief in the
Sharing research data to boost sustainable development (2019)
Sharing data openly and re-use of data allows the global research community as well as students to replicate studies in a way that can support more robust science. It improves transparency, guards
Lessons from Cape Town drought may help developing world cities (2019)
In January 2018, the South African city of Cape Town came within three months of running out of municipal water, following the worst drought in over a century. ‘Day Zero’ was the day when water