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14 March 2024 | By Mahad Baryamujura Apparent like the scarcity of green cover in this vast city, the plastic disposal and management crisis in Kampala remains a puzzle yet to be solved. Users have continuously found convenience in dumping plastic on streets and elsewhere, just like...

06 March 2024 | By Greenwatch Climaxed with conservation-tourism, Greenwatch launched and ran a week-long digital campaign commemorating the world wildlife day that is globally celebrated every 3rd day of March. The 2024 theme “ Exploring Digital Innovation in Wildlife...

27 May 2023 | By Greenwatch Capacity building through trainings is one of the core mechanisms through which Greenwatch realises its vision. Since 2019, Greenwatch has organised 4 judicial trainings with the aim of strengthening effective adjudication of environment issues. We...

23 January 2023 | By Bridget Ampurira What the recent ban on commercial charcoal, timber trade means for the environment and residents in Gulu Earlier last week, the Daily Monitor newspaper published a story titled “ Government bans commercial charcoal, timber trade in Gulu”. Accordingly...

29 November 2022 | By Joseph Mukasa Jagwe A crisis Greenhouse gas emissions will rise by 70% by the year 2050 if no climate action is taken now, elevating the global atmospheric temperature to up to 4 oC - 6 oC by 2100 (OECD, 2012) What to be done? In order to stabilize GHG(Green House Gas)...

22 April 2022 | By Greenwatch The 4 th Judicial Training was held on the 13 th and 14 th of April 2022, organised by Greenwatch in conjunction with the Judicial Training Institute (JTI) at Mestil Hotel & Residences, Kampala. The theme of the training workshop was: " Strengthening...