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The effects of wetland degradation on the socio economic welfare of rubaga di...Dennis Kateregga
This research study investigates the effects of wetland degradation on the socio – economic welfare. In Uganda, wetland degradation has been going since 1940’s on a small scale; it was not until in the 1980’s that wetlands become a subject of large scale interventions, most notably for crop cultivation. In the Rubaga division, wetland degradation started in the late 1970’s.
The study was carried out in Rubaga division where a sample of 60 people was selected as respondents. The sample was based on purposeful and multi – stage random sampling designs enhanced by the inclusion of key respondents. The data was collected using questionnaires, interview techniques reinforced by field observations, photography and informal discussions with local people. Data collected was there after analyzed both qualitatively and quantitatively (using descriptive statistics and by computation of Chi – square tests).
In thee investigated sample, the study revealed that wetland degradation has resulted in serious effects such as changes in micro – climate and hence loss of biological diversity, lowered water tables leading to drying of wells, shortage of raw materials for handcraft and some medical plants. The study revealed a number of factors that influence wetland degradation such as high population densities and declining yields on land. Hence the influence on education levels, awareness and shortage of land could not be confirmed.
Basing on the above findings, the study therefore recommends environmental education and public awareness campaigns, legislative controls provision of alternative sources of income, practice of family planning and use of collaborative management of the wetland resources.
The effects of wetland degradation on the socio economic welfare of rubaga di...Dennis Kateregga
This research study investigates the effects of wetland degradation on the socio – economic welfare. In Uganda, wetland degradation has been going since 1940’s on a small scale; it was not until in the 1980’s that wetlands become a subject of large scale interventions, most notably for crop cultivation. In the Rubaga division, wetland degradation started in the late 1970’s.
The study was carried out in Rubaga division where a sample of 60 people was selected as respondents. The sample was based on purposeful and multi – stage random sampling designs enhanced by the inclusion of key respondents. The data was collected using questionnaires, interview techniques reinforced by field observations, photography and informal discussions with local people. Data collected was there after analyzed both qualitatively and quantitatively (using descriptive statistics and by computation of Chi – square tests).
In thee investigated sample, the study revealed that wetland degradation has resulted in serious effects such as changes in micro – climate and hence loss of biological diversity, lowered water tables leading to drying of wells, shortage of raw materials for handcraft and some medical plants. The study revealed a number of factors that influence wetland degradation such as high population densities and declining yields on land. Hence the influence on education levels, awareness and shortage of land could not be confirmed.
Basing on the above findings, the study therefore recommends environmental education and public awareness campaigns, legislative controls provision of alternative sources of income, practice of family planning and use of collaborative management of the wetland resources.