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🌿 This #WorldWetlandsDay 2026, under the theme “Wetlands and Traditional Knowledge,” we call on all partners to safeguard and restore wetlands, essential for biodiversity, climate stability, and sustainable livelihoods. Act now to protect our wetlands. 💧

Held a linkage meeting with CSOs, local government, & private sector in Dzaipi Sub County to identify livelihood options that reduce reliance on forest resources to promote sustainable development. @DKinUganda @IrlEmbUganda @SwedeninUG @NLinUganda @RICEWestNile @ACEMP_UG

Rooting for Reduce, Reuse, Recycle ♻️, hosted awareness radio session on waste management with Pachara & Adjumani Town Council. addressing landfill care,waste sorting, health risks,&urgency to adopt 3R principles.@DKinUganda @IrlEmbUganda @SwedeninUG @NLinUganda @RICEWestNile

We spent the week joining lower local government budget conferences in @adjumani_dlg: Pachara, Ukusijoni, Pakelle & Dzaipi advocating for more resources allocation towards Environment & Climate Action. 🌿💧@DKinUganda @IrlEmbUganda @SwedeninUG @NLinUganda @RICEWestNile

Conducted a joint monitoring visit with stakeholders from Pachara Sub County & Adjumani Town Council at Unna Village landfill, the main disposal site for Adjumani Town. Stakeholders committed to immediate actions to enhance site management.♻️ 🇩🇰🇮🇪🇸🇪🇳🇱 @RICEWestNile

Community dialogue: Host and Refugee communities in Adjumani district are rooting for a tight fraternal relationships to produce more food whilst supporting Environmental conservation. This mutual arrangement will see, the hosts allot more land for Refugees to grow food to supplement their food ration, while growing Trees in the same plots-to repair degradation and meet long term energy needs. @DKinUganda @IrlEmbUganda @NLinUganda @SwedeninUG @RICEWESTNILE @OPMUganda 🇺🇬🇩🇰🇮🇪🇳🇱🇸🇪

Dialogue:- Communities in Adjumani district are finding a middle ground in hernesing Non-Timber Forest products(NTFPs) for a long term benefits in place of:- total Timber cutting, charcoal burning & Logging. @DKinUganda @IrlEmbUganda @NLinUganda @SwedeninUG 🇩🇰🇮🇪🇳🇱🇸🇪 @RICEWESTNILE

Earth Day recognizes the Earth as humanity’s home& giver of livelihoods, counter Climate Change, & stop collapse of biodiversity Mother Earth is signaling a call to ACTION now. ⁦⁦@DKinUganda⁩ ⁦@SwedeninUG⁩ ⁦@IrlEmbUganda⁩ ⁦@NLinUganda⁩ 🇩🇰🇮🇪🇳🇱🇸🇪🌍

Today 21 March, 2025, is International Day of Forests, Theme: ‘Forests & Food’, the day highlights the critical role Forests play in supporting food Security to sustain life, Forests is an economic and food lifeline providing up to 20% of family income enhancing diets.⁦

ANNOUNCEMENT!.📢 We are topping up your Editorial budget for that compelling Environment&Energy story pitch, only for Journalists Working within WestNile. Send in your story pitch before: Fri 28 March, 2025.