About Greenwatch

Greenwatch is a non-government environmental rights advocacy organisation based in Kampala(Uganda) and established in 1995 to work towards improved environmental protection and management. Greenwatch’s main objective is to promote public participation in the sustainable use,management of the environment and natural resources in Uganda.

Other specific objectives include:

- to assist government in the formulation and development of appropriate laws for environmental management.

- to promote public awareness in the protection of the environment. - to assist government at all levels in formulating policies that promote rational management of natural resources and sound environmental practices.

- To facilitate public participation in the enforcement of environmental laws and regulations. Specifically, to promote public participation in enforcement of the constitutional right to a clean and healthy environment.

Greenwatch assists individuals, groups, companies, government and local authorities in planning and policy formulation. Through our various activities, we encourage cultural and traditional practices that preserve bio-diversity and promote sustainable methods of resource utilization but discourage practices that degrade and deplete the environment. Thus, Greenwatch is an environmental “watchdog”.

Our Partners:

Greenwatch works closely with the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA), the Statutory authority in Uganda charged with managing, co-ordinating and regulating environmental issues in Uganda.

Greenwatch also works with other government authorities, institutions and departments in charge of managing Land, Water and Natural Resources including the Wetlands Management Department(WMD), the Ministry of Water Lands and Environment, the National Forestry Authority(NFA.). Other partners include the Judiciary, the Directorate of Public Prosecution(DPP), the Uganda Police among others.

Greenwatch has put in place a broad foundation for critical problem solving and long-range resource planning through environmental law training, research and strategic litigation.