Pallisa.
Honorable Mary Goretti Kitutu has today addressed the media about the coming World Wetlands Day.
This year’s National Celebrations will be held at Limoto Primary School, Limoto Parish, Puti Puti Sub-County, Pallisa District Local Government, on Saturday, 2nd February 2019,starting at 8:30 a.m. Come and be part of the celebrations.
She urged Ugandans to protect and cherish out wetlands saying, “We need to protect our wetlands because the impact always goes to climate change as we prepare for the international World Wetlands Day. Construction in wetlands should also stop”.
We have the environmental benefit analysis to quantify the benefits of a program or project of an investor in regard to the cost. As I speak changes in policy regarding use of wetlands are in Cabinet. We are not stopping investment but we need stronger restrictions.
On Friday 2nd February 2019, marks yet another year when we commemorate World Wetlands Day globally. It is the date of the adoption of the Convention on Wetlands in 1971, in the Iranian city of Ramsar on the shores of the Caspian Sea.
This year’s celebrations will be under the theme, “Wetlands & Climate Change” underpins the important role wetlands in relation to nutrient and water cycling, climate change mitigation & adaptation, food security, job security.”
Wetlands are the planet’s most effective carbon sinks & represent the unrealized potential for climate change mitigation and adaptation. Furthermore, wetlands make communities more resilient to the impacts of climate change.
Despite all the critical services that wetlands provide, 64% of the world’s wetlands have been lost in the last Century. We continue to lose wetlands, at the rate of 1% annually, which is faster than the rate of deforestation.