Best Practices in
Environmental Information
Management in Africa
The Uganda Case Study
5 Introduction
6 Genesis of Environment Information Management in Uganda
6 The formative stages
6 Moving from vagueness to clarity
8 Incorporating decentralisation
9 Current institutional arrangements
9 The horizontal Environment Information Network
9 The vertical Environment Information Network
10 Linking the horizontal and vertical EIN
13 Impacts on environmental planning and development
13 Regular reporting on the environment
14 Contributing to national development processes
16 Contributing to development processes at the local government level
16 Supporting regional development initiatives
16 Using technology to support planning and policy decisions
18 Enhancing access to environment information
19 Improving public awareness and education
20 Supporting environment monitoring and compliance
21 Challenges to the Environmental Information Regime in Uganda
21 Data issues
21 Capacity, expertise and equipment
21 Networking issues
22 Market research and strategy
23 Conclusions and Recommendations for the future
25 References and further reading
29 Annex 1: Key milestones in the environment information management process
30 Annex 2: Contributors
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