Masindi district leaders have expressed concern over the high rate of forest depletion in Bunyoro sub-region. They observed that many people from within and outside the district cut down trees indiscriminately, thus posing an environmental threat to the area.

Six more people have died in separate landslides in Kasese district. This brings the number of landslide victims in the district to 11 over a period of seven months.

Kasese district leaders have expressed concern over the rate at which cattle grazing is being carried out in parts of the Queen Elizabeth National Park.

As the sun appears over Murchison Bay near Luzira in Kampala, Jackson Kitamirike, a water expert in the environment ministry, leans over the edge of the boat in which he is sitting and draws a sample of water for a routine check.

Food stocks in the country will not be affected by the ravaging giant looper caterpillars and there is no cause for alarm, agriculture experts have said.

Soil experts say yields per hectare of land have been declining over the years due to reduced soil fertility.

Government needs over 650 environment police officers in order to primary deal with enforcement of environmental laws and regulations, state minister for environment, Flavia Munabi said.

Heavy rains washed through Jinja town and its suburbs, leading to severe flooding and a massive traffic jam at the Owen Falls dam bridge along the Jinja-Kampala highway.

After investing billions in a tree planting enterprise, the least farmers would want to hear is an attack on their trees. News of a moth outbreak in Kabale spread among tree investors.

Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) has received mountain rescue equipment from aid agency USAID that will be used to train Ugandans with skills for rescue emergencies.