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Cattle grazing in demarcated paddocks to ensure sustainbale landuse in Ntungamo District, Western Uganda (2008)
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NEMA 2008
According to Article 237 of the Constitution of the
Republic of Uganda 1995, land belongs to the citizens
of the country under the following tenure systems:
customary, of the different types of ownership,
utilization, freehold, mailo, and leasehold and the
various degrees (GoU, 1995).
As a result of the different ownership types, utilisation
and management systems, the ability of Uganda’s land
to support plant and animal life, preserve terrestrial
biodiversity and regulate hydrological cycles and
other ecosystem services has been affected to various
degrees, especially under freehold land tenure. The
various activities on land have resulted in reductions
in productive capacities, leading to land degradation
(NSOER. 2002)