The Uganda Atlas

NEMA 2008

Cattle grazing in demarcated paddocks to ensure sustainbale landuse in Ntungamo District, Western Uganda (2008)

According to Article 237 of the Constitution of the Republic of Uganda 1995, land belongs to the citizens of the country under the following tenure systems: customary, of the different types of ownership, utilization, freehold, mailo, and leasehold and the various degrees (GoU, 1995). As a result of the different ownership types, utilisation and management systems, the ability of Uganda’s land

to support plant and animal life, preserve terrestrial biodiversity and regulate hydrological cycles and other ecosystem services has been affected to various degrees, especially under freehold land tenure. The various activities on land have resulted in reductions in productive capacities, leading to land degradation (NSOER. 2002)

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