Browsing College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (CAES) by Subject "Land cover"
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Above-ground biomass and carbon stocks of different land cover types in Mt. Elgon, Eastern Uganda
(Makerere University, 2014)This research applied selected allometric models to estimate the Total Above Ground Biomass and Carbon stocks in three land cover types in Mt. Elgon National Park. The land cover types identified for the study included ... -
Assessing Erosion Risk and Heavy Metal Loading in Sediment from the Inner Murchison Bay Catchment
(Makerere University, 2022-12)Lake Victoria's Inner Murchison Bay (IMB) is suffering from deteriorating water quality, with pollutants including heavy metals posing ecological and human health concerns. The information gaps on sediment from the ... -
Assessing the effects of land use/ cover change on the carbon stocks in Kaliro District, Eastern Uganda
(Makerere University, 2021-02)In Kaliro District, anecdotal evidence suggests that land use/ cover has been changing very fast with implications on woody biomass. It is also believed that Kaliro District has suffered major deforestation and degradation ... -
Challenges in land cover types, savannah woodland utilization and constraints to sustainable use in Kenshunga, Rwemikoma and Kinoni Sub Counties, Kiruhura District
(Makerere University, 2009-07)The study investigated land cover types, their spatial distribution and how they have changed in the last 50 years; it also documented the current utilization of savannah woodlands and examined the constraints to their ... -
Effect of Land Use Land Cover Changes on Carbon Stocks of Rwenzori Mountains National Park, Western Uganda.
(Makerere University, 2024-01-02)Sustainable management of natural resources in Rwenzori mountainous areas requires an understanding of the current carbon stocks available and the nature of human-ecosystem interactions and local communities‘ perspectives ... -
The effects of land use / land cover change on terrestrial carbon stocks in the Manafwa Sub Catchment of Mountain Elgon
(Makerere University, 2022-03-15)Forests play a vital role in climate change mitigation due to their role as natural carbon sinks. However, anthropogenic activities at the expense of the natural ecosystems have caused steady changes in carbon stocks in ... -
Impact of Human Activities and Land Use and Land Cover Changes on Diversity and Distribution of Large Mammal Species in Nimule National Park, South Sudan
(Makerere University, 2020-03)Globally, large mammals are increasingly faced with anthropogenic disturbances threatening the sustainability of the ecosystem services derived from them. Changes in land use cover are also a major function of anthropogenic ... -
The influence of land cover change on woody floristics in West Bugwe Central Forest Reserve,Uganda
(Makerere University, 2019-11)Forests play important roles in conserving biodiversity because they provide habitats to almost half of the terrestrial plant and animal species. However, forests are disappearing due to land cover conversions, and this ... -
Land cover/use change, water quality and their implications on the health of Batwa community in Kigezi Highlands
(Makerere University, 2021-03)Increasing human population is exerting use pressure on land resources resulting in unsustainable land cover/use changes. These land cover/use changes particularly poor rural areas has implications for ecosystem and human ... -
Land use / cover change and pollution loading along River Namatala in Eastern Uganda
(Makerere University, 2022)River Namatala is a very important river for communities in Eastern Uganda as it harbors one of the biggest slums in Uganda (the Namatala slum). It is also a source of water for hundreds of people living in Bududa, Sironko, ... -
Land use and land cover changes in Nsooba-Lubigi wetland system, Central Uganda
(Makerere University, 2017-10)A study was conducted to determine the contribution of land use and land cover to the degradation of Nsooba-Lubigi wetland system. The aim of the study was to identify changes in the land use and land cover that have been ... -
Land use/cover change of Nakivubo wetland and the variation of water quality in the upper, lower wetlands and the inner Murchison Bay interface, Kampala Uganda
(Makerere University, 2017-01)The degradation of Nakivubo wetland may have affected its potential to treat wastewater, run-offs and industrial influents from the City of Kampala and there is no current information related to that. As a result, this ... -
Land use/cover changes and carbon stock assessment in Mukura sub-county Ngora district, Eastern Uganda
(Makerere University, 2020-12-01)Like other countries in the Sub-Saharan Africa, Uganda and Mukura in particular are not an exception to land use/cover changes from bush land to farm land. Mukura subcounty in Eastern Uganda is one of the areas where ... -
Tree diversity, use and land cover changes in Mt. Otzi Forest Reserve, Northern Uganda
(Makerere University, 2011-08)This study was aimed at understanding the effect of the use of the forest to tree diversity and land cover in Mt. Otzi Forest Reserve and the surrounding areas in Metu Sub-county. Data on vegetation were collected using ...