ENVIRONMENTAL GUIDELINES TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FOR STRENGTHENING COMPLIANCE WITH SAFEGUARDS REQUIREMENTS IN DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
The government of Uganda in addressing its development challenges places great
importance on environmental safeguards as evidenced in the numerous policies and laws
instituted to guide the sustainable use of natural resources. Important of these is the National
Environment Management Policy under which environmental management issues are based
with further guidance from other legal frameworks including the Environment Impact
Assessment (EIA) guidelines and other tools developed by the National Environment