The National Association of Professional Environmentalists (NAPE), Uganda and The Gaia Foundation (UK), have published a new report entitled "Mining and its Impacts on Water, Food Sovereignty, and Sacred Natural Sites and Territories".
Focusing on Uganda’s Bunyoro region, the report reveals how mining is significantly
threatening ecosystems and communities.
It advocates for the recognition and protection of watersheds, food
sovereignty areas, and Sacred Natural Sites and Territories as No Go Areas for
mining and extractive activities.
Mining and extractive activities are
growing rapidly in Uganda and across Africa. The Ministry of Energy and Mineral
Development in Uganda estimates there are 3.5 billion barrels of oil and gas
deposits in Uganda’s Albertine region alone.
The impacts of mining are of grave concern to communities and civil
society organisations across Uganda and beyond.
