In brief
Nov 18, 2002
<b>BATU to shift</b><br><b>Plant more trees</b><br><b>Special species</b><br><b>Plants extinct</b><br><b>Waste disposal</b>
BATU to shift
KAMPALA— City workers and dwellers should expect a breath of fresh air soon. British American Tobacco Uganda (BATU) are to relocate their processing plant outside the city as part of their medium term expansion plan.
Shane de Beer BATU managing director said recently at a meeting with East African Legislative Assembly members that plans are underway to relocate the plant outside the city.
Plant more trees
SOROTI—Mr. Omuge, the chief administrative officer has issued a decree that all primary schools allocate a plot each for tree planting.
Addressing members of the school management committee, Omuge said the district is experiencing massive deforestation due to charcoal burning and unnecessary tree falling, thus the need to create an ambitious tree planting program.
Special species
Kabale—The district has registered and given new guidelines to all hunters operating in Rushebeya-Kanyabaha wetland to protect a rare and threatened antelope species, the sitatunga. Onesimus Muhwezi, the wetlands management officer, said the new measures are aimed at safeguarding the wetland ecosystem and the hunting tradition for the future generations.
Plants extinct
USA—Nearly half of the world’s plants could be close to extinction, scientists have warned. The calculation triples previous estimates. The number of plants on the standard Red List of threatened plant species is a massive underestimate, say the botanists, because it lacks data on tropical forests. “We may be on the edge of a mass extinction of plants,†says Nigel Pitman of Duke University in Durham, North Carolina.
Nature
Waste disposal
JINJA—Ernest Nabihamba, the municipal council acting senior environment officer, recently urged the community to learn proper methods of waste management to avoid negative impacts of poor waste disposal. Nabihamba warned the people against burning buvera and instead advised the population to bury it. He said the toxic matter generated by polythene bags was dangerous to the soil.
KAMPALA— City workers and dwellers should expect a breath of fresh air soon. British American Tobacco Uganda (BATU) are to relocate their processing plant outside the city as part of their medium term expansion plan.
Shane de Beer BATU managing director said recently at a meeting with East African Legislative Assembly members that plans are underway to relocate the plant outside the city.
Plant more trees
SOROTI—Mr. Omuge, the chief administrative officer has issued a decree that all primary schools allocate a plot each for tree planting.
Addressing members of the school management committee, Omuge said the district is experiencing massive deforestation due to charcoal burning and unnecessary tree falling, thus the need to create an ambitious tree planting program.
Special species
Kabale—The district has registered and given new guidelines to all hunters operating in Rushebeya-Kanyabaha wetland to protect a rare and threatened antelope species, the sitatunga. Onesimus Muhwezi, the wetlands management officer, said the new measures are aimed at safeguarding the wetland ecosystem and the hunting tradition for the future generations.
Plants extinct
USA—Nearly half of the world’s plants could be close to extinction, scientists have warned. The calculation triples previous estimates. The number of plants on the standard Red List of threatened plant species is a massive underestimate, say the botanists, because it lacks data on tropical forests. “We may be on the edge of a mass extinction of plants,†says Nigel Pitman of Duke University in Durham, North Carolina.
Nature
Waste disposal
JINJA—Ernest Nabihamba, the municipal council acting senior environment officer, recently urged the community to learn proper methods of waste management to avoid negative impacts of poor waste disposal. Nabihamba warned the people against burning buvera and instead advised the population to bury it. He said the toxic matter generated by polythene bags was dangerous to the soil.