ENVIRONMENT
Scroll down for articles and publications relating to environmental issues and Uganda's refugee response
NOVEMBER 2023
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Black Examiner - Uganda spends 4 trillion shillings annually on refugee firewood - Report
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EurekAlert - Hope takes root in Uganda - A Fulbright grant will continue Sarah Juster’s research on how agroforestry and tree-based interventions can help refugees in Africa
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GoU/UNCHR - Environment & Energy Dashboard Dashboard - Quarter 3, January - September 2023
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TRT Afrika - How climate change strikes Uganda's refugee haven
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Uganda Radio Network - Floods Displace Over 120 Refugee Households in Yumbe
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U Learn - Productive Use of Energy in Uganda’s Refugee Response
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SEPTEMBER 2023
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African Development Bank - Multinational - UNHCR-Enhancing Investment Climate for the Empowerment of Refugee and Host Community Women in East - IPR May 2023
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CCTGN - (video) - Burundian refugee plants over 30,000 trees in Uganda
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AUGUST 2023
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Global Giving - Helping trees to regenerate is as worthy as growing trees from seedlings and often surer and faster
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GoU/UNHCR - Uganda Refugee Response: Environment and Energy dashboard Quarter 2 2023
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Nile Post - Addressing Environmental Impact: Uganda's Call for Renewable Energy in Refugee Communities
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Uganda Radio Network - Reforestation to Support Refugees Underway in Terego
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JULY 2023
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FAO - Forest Landscape Management Plan for the Bidi Bidi Refugee Settlement, Uganda: 2023–2028
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Humanitarian Grand Challenges - Mandulis Energy is Transforming Communities and Protecting Environments
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JUNE 2023
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NEW - NTNU - Land Access and Management rights among refugee women in Uganda. A Case study of Lobule Refugee settlement, West Nile Sub-Region.
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EnDev - From darkness to light: EnDev tackles energy poverty in refugee settlements
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PNAS - Refugee settlements are highly exposed to extreme weather conditions
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VoA - Aid Cuts, Climate Change Hit South Sudanese Refugees in Uganda
MAY 2023
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Gou/UNHCR - Uganda Refugee Response Plan (RRP) 2022 - 2023, Environment and Energy Dashboard - Term 1, 2023
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IoM - Uganda’s Largest Refugee Settlement Adopts Electronic Waste Management
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Nature - Indexing climatic and environmental exposure of refugee camps with a case study in East Africa
APRIL 2023
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Adelphi - Climate, Peace and Security Study: Uganda, West Nile sub-region
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Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal - The Impact of Refugee Settlement on Landscape and Green Environment in Yumbe District West Nile Sub Region, Uganda
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Politecnico Torino - Remote areas of the World: metholodology for development through the implementation of renewable energy facilities - using a case study of Bidi Bidi (amongst others)
MARCH 2023
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Energypedia - Electrification of Six Health Centres in Rhino Camp and Imvepi Refugee Settlements
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Eos - Refugees Are Replanting Trees in Northern Uganda - In the Palorinya Refugee Settlement, efforts to reduce deforestation and increase tree coverage help the ecosystem and improve refugees’ quality of life.
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FAO – The forest-energy-livelihood nexus in displacement settings - 02 March 2023
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FAO/UNHCR - Planning a people-centered landscape approach to forest restoration in a refugee context - 02 March 2023
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FAO/GoU/UNHCR - Forest landscape management plan for the Bidibidi refugee settlement in Yumbe district, Uganda, 2023–2028 Summary
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FEBRUARY 2023
JANUARY 2023
DECEMBER 2022
Closer Cities - Clean Cooking for refugees and host population in Uganda
The Independent -
Germany, EU provide Uganda Shs136bn for solar mini-grids - including the village clusters of Palorinya–Maaji
Shell & Dahlberg - Access to More - Creating Energy Choices for Refugees - A report about
collaborative approaches to providing energy in displacement
NOVEMBER 2022
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World AgroForesty - Agroforestry: Challenges and Opportunities in Rhino Camp and Imvepi Refugee Settlements of Arua District, Northern Uganda
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The Humanitarian Innovation Programme - Sustainable and affordable energy solutions for refugees in Uganda
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Order of Malta - Environmentally friendly school inaugurated in the Rhino refugee camp in Northern Uganda
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UN - South Sudanese refugee fights deforestation in Uganda by planting trees
OCTOBER 2022
SEPTEMBER 2022
Journal of International Migration and Integration - (pay for access) - The Environmental Aspects of Refugee Crises: Insights from South Asia, Middle East, and Sub-Saharan Africa - Survival is the only priority of refugees and the hosting nations are often bound to address the problem of refugee crises within a short period of time without any proper planning. As a result, related environmental aspects remain overlooked until the refugees and host population begin to suffer from the consequences of the resultant degradation. This review is the first-ever attempt to develop comprehensive insights into the environmental impacts of refugees in South Asia, Middle East, and Sub-Saharan Africa.
Malteser International - Environmentally friendly school inaugurated in the Rhino refugee camp in Northern Uganda
Monitor - Locals, refugees fight over resources
UNHCR - Access to Clean Energy for refugees Uganda Case Studies
AUGUST 2022
Global Earth Aware - Ecosystem Restoration Updates - Nakivale refugee camp
GoU/UNHCR - Uganda Refugee Response Plan (RRP) 2022-2023, - Quarter 1, January - March 2022 - Environment and Energy dashboard
WCS Uganda - Restoring and conserving degraded fragile ecosystems
JULY 2022
JUNE 2022
NEW - World Vision - A family invests in tree planting to fight climate change
Busitima University - Assessing the impacts of Nakivale refugee settlement camp on the environment. A case study of Kashumba sub county Isingiro District, South Western Uganda
ResearchSquare - Fast-growing exotic tree species as fuelwood alternative for refugees and host communities in Northern Uganda
Uppsala University - Simulating a photovoltaic driven thermal energy storage system in an Ugandan refugee camp
World Journal of Advanced Research and Review - Factors influencing deforestation in Rwamwanja refugee settlement camp, Kamwenge district, Uganda
APRIL 2022
New - World Vision - Bidibidi farmers reap big from FMNR and tree planting
New - Makarere University - Assessment of groundwater potential zones using GIS and remote sensing techniques: a case study of Rwamwanja refugee settlement, Kamwenge district
CIFOR/CIGIAR - Social and environmental transformation of refugee and hosting community landscapes in Central and Eastern Africa
IOM - Assessing the Evidence: Migration, Environment and Climate Change Nexus in Uganda (Final report, March 2022)