Minister asks Ugandans to 'jealously protect wetlands'
MD Monitor Publications Ltd, Mr Tony Glencross (L) shows some of the products of Daily Monitor to the State Minister for Environment Ms Mary Kitutu (C) and Mr Paul Mafabi (R), the director of environment in the ministry of water and environment during the Uganda Climate Change symposium 2017 in Kampala on October 26. PHOTO BY ALEX ESAGALA
What you need to know:
- Mr Paul Mafabi, the director of environment in the ministry of water and environment thanked MPL for thinking outside the box, saying the symposium is the way to go in contributing to development of Uganda.
- Mr Tony Glencross, managing director of MPL, said the symposium was informed by the various farm clinics organised where farmers decided they wanted information about climate change.
State minister for environment Dr Mary Kitutu, has asked Ugandans to jealously protect wetlands and forests if Uganda is to continue receiving rainfall. This was at the first ever national Uganda Climate Change Symposium organised by the Monitor Publications Ltd (MPL) and the ministry of environment.
The minister also said destruction of natural resources will be costly: “We need to conserve our natural resources because they contribute to 40 per cent of rainfall we receive. We have no control of other factors,” she said. 60 per cent of the rainfall in Uganda is influenced by factors in the Indian and Pacific oceans.
Dr Kitutu stated that events in south western Uganda which has been facing a dry spell yet the rest of Uganda received rainfall, should act as a wake up call.
Mr Maikut Chebet , the commissioner in charge of climate change, said Uganda was facing serious threats but there are an ongoing efforts to have a law on climate change that will strengthen financial and institution frameworks to mitigate weather changes.
Mr Paul Mafabi, the director of environment in the ministry of water and environment thanked MPL for thinking outside the box, saying the symposium is the way to go in contributing to development of Uganda.
Mr Tony Glencross, managing director of MPL, said the symposium was informed by the various farm clinics organised where farmers decided they wanted information about climate change.
