Urban forest management action plan and strategy development, Land use and Land cover mapping project.
Implemented by Kasese Municipality with technical support from GEDA Uganda and Financial support from Expertise France. It is a joint partnership between Kasese Municipality, Expertise France under the Covenant of Mayors in Sub-Saharan Africa (CoM SSA) initiative to make cities in Sub Saharan Africa resilient in the fight against climate change and ensuring access to clean energy.
The project has a number of activities and among them is planting of a 1 acre modal trees on the bare hills of Nyakabingo, training TOTs in Forestry and wetland management, Developing a Forestry management strategy and work plan, wetland, equipping Municipality Technical staff especially those in charge of environment, planning and engineering with skills in QGIS (Quantum Geographic Information System) among others. The project is one of the efforts towards good planning and restoring of the Kasese Municipality Land cover and land use (LCLU).
