Bio-diversity

Kageye members in the recent past noted with serious concern the continuous bad trend in Wakiso District of: Land degradation through surface run-offs along roads and farms. The run-offs have resulted into a semi-productive land since the fertile topsoils are washed away into valleys ending up to local rivers, namely Kageye Rubigi and Namatovu. These local rivers eventually converge into River Mayanja which also carries the collected silt into river Nile in Lake Kyoga. Biodiversity loss Disappearance of high canopy trees like Mvule, Cinnamonum (Budalasini), Maesopsis eminii (Musizi) and Podocapus that used to be a habitat for the now endangered bird species in particular the African grey parrot and horn-bills. This has also contributed to air pollution due to a tremendous reduction of carbon dioxide (Co2) sinks resulting into changes in the local micro-climate. The project is to improve on the beneficiaries livelihoods through ecological restoration of the degraded land along roads and reverse the current biodiversity loss/local climate change through tree planting in road reserves.

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