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Africa-Press – Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>President Yoweri Museveni has asked United Nations (UN) agencies in Uganda to focus on fighting environmental degradation which is a big danger to human existence and development in the face of climate change.<\/p>\n

While meeting the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Uganda, Ms Susan Ngongi Namondo, at State House Entebbe, Mr Museveni gave an example of farmers in Eastern Uganda who are growing rice in swamps, an economic activity he said has a negative impact on the environment.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to restore nature but also fight environmental degradation. Help us on fish farming and wetland restoration,\u201d Museveni said, adding that people would rather use wetlands for fish farming which is more profitable than rice growing, and yet it does not destroy the wetlands.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have my four fish ponds at my farm in Kawumu, giving me Shs68 million a year,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n

Ms Namondo was seeking advice from the President on how the UN in Uganda can support the Parish Development Model under the existing structures.<\/p>\n

She hailed President Museveni for the initiative, saying it will be more effective towards ending poverty under the principle of \u201cleaving no one behind\u201d like the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) theme.<\/p>\n

Ms Namondo pledged to work with relevant UN agencies like World Food Program (WFP) to see how they can focus their energies towards environmental conservation by helping farmers currently misusing the wetlands.<\/p>\n

While addressing guests at the celebrations to mark the 41st Tarehe Sita anniversary, the President said he will be launching the Parish Development Model on February 26, 2022.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are going to banish poverty with the parish model,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Museveni also promised to return to Eastern Uganda to engage the communities in the wise use of wetlands, also known as swamps.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Uganda. President Yoweri Museveni has asked United Nations (UN) agencies in Uganda to focus on fighting environmental degradation which is a big danger to human existence and development in the face of climate change. 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