Secure Wetland Ecosystems to improve livelihoods through Community Conservation Agreements
Key Facts
FUNDING SCHEME Main Project
VALUE £299,939
WHERE Uganda
Summary
This project will address the multiple threats to the 21,000 hectares of interlinked wetlands that are Nyamuriro swamp, Ruhuhuma valley and Lake Bunyonyi in Kabale, Kigezi region, Uganda, working through Community Conservation Agreements. The threats constitute mainly unregulated drainage and unsustainable extraction of products, including proposed peat extraction for electricity generation. Community Conservation Agreements will empower people (10,000 households) to enhance benefits from wetlands’ ecosystem services, improve their farming practices, protect globally threatened species such as the Endangered Grey Crowned-Crane and increase carbon sequestration potential.
"Wetland Management Department (WMD) in the Govt of Uganda, Directorate of Environmental Affairs", Kabale District Local Government, Community Rural Development (CRD), Birdlife International
