Displaced Communities, Environmental Change and Sustainable Livelihoods in Uganda: Policy Briefing

TY - BOOK

T1 - Displaced Communities, Environmental Change and Sustainable Livelihoods in Uganda

T2 - Policy Briefing

AU - van Blerk, Lorraine

AU - Cutler, Mark

AU - Hewitson, Lee

AU - Hunter, Janine

AU - Bamutaze, Yazidhi

AU - Kintu, Ingrid Martha

AU - Bukenya, Badru

AU - Nakaiza, Jacqueline Kibirige

PY - 2021/11

Y1 - 2021/11

N2 - • This Policy Briefing summarises research findings, recommendations and actions for government and other stakeholders working towards sustainable environments and livelihoods in refugee hosting areas in Uganda. • The research highlights urgent need for actions to address environmental change in and around refugee settlements to ensure landscape restoration takes place alongside creating sustainable livelihoods for refugee and host communities. • The project employed a novel combination of social science and remote sensing methods to identify change, interventions and targeted responses; see the Final Report for full details. • The findings identify targeted responses across six key areas of recommendations: settlement and land-use planning; crosssectoral collaboration; environmental and livelihood interventions; land and natural resource use rights; community participation and sustainable resources; and landscape restoration. • Findings and recommendations are the outcome of a 2019-2021 collaboration between the Universities of Dundee, UK and Makerere, Uganda supported by an Advisory Board formed of key representatives from Ugandan government and stakeholders

AB - • This Policy Briefing summarises research findings, recommendations and actions for government and other stakeholders working towards sustainable environments and livelihoods in refugee hosting areas in Uganda. • The research highlights urgent need for actions to address environmental change in and around refugee settlements to ensure landscape restoration takes place alongside creating sustainable livelihoods for refugee and host communities. • The project employed a novel combination of social science and remote sensing methods to identify change, interventions and targeted responses; see the Final Report for full details. • The findings identify targeted responses across six key areas of recommendations: settlement and land-use planning; crosssectoral collaboration; environmental and livelihood interventions; land and natural resource use rights; community participation and sustainable resources; and landscape restoration. • Findings and recommendations are the outcome of a 2019-2021 collaboration between the Universities of Dundee, UK and Makerere, Uganda supported by an Advisory Board formed of key representatives from Ugandan government and stakeholders

U2 - 10.20933/100001222

DO - 10.20933/100001222

M3 - Other report

BT - Displaced Communities, Environmental Change and Sustainable Livelihoods in Uganda

PB - University of Dundee

CY - Dundee

ER -