Policy Brief on, "Changes in Lake Victoria's Hydrology,Water Quality and Livelihoods". EfD-Mak Center Uganda November 2020
Key Messages
Lake Victoria Basin is facing a number of challenges:
Agriculture, Air Quality, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Conservation, Energy, Fisheries, Forestry, Land, Waste, Water
EfD-Mak Centre Hosts End of year (2020) Policy Dialogue on Changes in Lake Victoria’s Hydrology, Water Quality and Livelihoods
The end of year EfD-Mak Centre policy dialogue was held on 16th December, 2020 at Makerere University Senate Conference Hall. The policy dialogue attracted over 60 participants drawn from the members…
Workshop in Uganda addressed the challenges of Lake Victoria
EfD Uganda hosted a policy meeting at Makerere University in December 2020. High-level policymakers, researchers, and representatives from the private sector, over 60 people in all, participated…
EfD-Mak Policy Brief on Governance of Natural Resources Utilisation In Uganda
KEY MESSAGES
Sustainable and efficient governance and utilization of natural resources requires:
1. Transparency, accountability, rule of law, inclusive participation and cooperation of all stakeholders and actors in natural resources. 2. Balancing economic, social and environmental goals in all government programs and plans including private investments.
EfD-MaK Policy Brief on Changes in Lake Victoria's Hydrology, Water Quality and Livelihoods
KEY MESSAGES
Lake Victoria Basin is facing a number of challenges:
Determinants of successful collective management of forest resources: Evidence from Kenyan Community Forest Associations
EfD Authors:
The collective participation of local communities in the management and utilization of forest resources is now widely accepted as a possible solution to the failure of centralized, top-down approaches to forest conservation.Under such initiatives, communities in Kenya have organized themselves into Community Forest Associations
Welfare and forest cover impacts of incentive based conservation: Evidence from Kenyan community forest associations
EfD Authors:
This paper examines whether offering landless forest-adjacent communities options to grow appropriate food crops inside forest reserves during early stages of reforestation programmes increases incomes of low-income households and conserve forests. We consider the forest cover and household welfare impacts of a unique incentive scheme in Kenya known as the Plantation Establishment and Livelihood Improvement Scheme (PELIS). PELIS seeks to deepen community participation in forestry, and improve the livelihoods of adjacent communities.
ENRRI-EfD Ghana trained journalists on natural resource reporting
ENRRI-EfD Ghana organized training on the environment and natural resource reporting for journalists from key private and public media outlets in Ghana. The two-day training (19 – 20 November) – very…