Introduction

The Department of Natural Resources comprises of the Natural Resources Office, the Lands and Physical Planning Office as well as the Forestry, Environment & Wetlands Office. It is charged with the responsibility of ensuring sustainable and productive utilisation of natural resources for poverty reduction, enhanced economic growth and improved livelihoods. The major causes of deterioration of the quality and quantity of the natural resource base is associated with human activity. There is massive deforestation particularly on privately owned land where most of the districts tree resources are. This is closely followed by wetland degradation as a result of cultivation of crops.

 Environment

 Environmental sanitation

 Environment sanitation indicators by category

Category	Number
Solid waste collection points	1
Landfills	N/A
Environment committees	5
Washing bays less than 30 meters from open water sources	N/A

Source: District Natural Resource Office 2019

 Waste management

Solid waste management by category

Category	Number
Bankers	2
Garbage trucks for urban	1

Source: District Natural Resource Office 2019

 Prevalence of pollution

There is no clear data and information on the prevalence of pollution except for the observation that can be made straight away on dust pollution from the coffee hullers poorly located without a clear gazetted industrial area in Bukomansimbi Town council.  The factories emit dust from their exercise into the road and residential areas in their neighborhoods.

 

 Environmental issues

Terrestrial status

Status	Flora	Fauna
Endangered spps	Papyrus	Mud fish
	Musizi trees	Statungas (water bucks)
	Ficus spp	N/A
Predominant spps	Papyrus	Mud fish
Extinct spps	Canarium spp	N/A

Source: District Natural Resource Office 2019

Wetlands

 State of Wetlands

 State of wetlands by category

Category	Number
Number of protected wetlands	3
Number of restored wetlands	1

Source: District Natural Resource Office 2019

 Location of Rivers, Swamps and Lakes

 Location of rivers/swamps by name and subcounty

S/No.	River/Swamp	Sub county	Characteristics
1	Katonga River	Kitanda, Bigasa	Permanent
2	Nabajjuzi Swamp	Butenga, Bigasa	Permanent
3	Kyoja Swamp	Butenga, Kitanda	Permanent
4	Sseera swamp	Butenga	Permanent
5	Katengeeto swamp	Kitanda, Bukomansimbi TC	Permanent
6	Kayanja swamp	Kitanda	Permanent
7	Kawaala swamp	Butenga	Permanent
8	Kikondeere swamp	Butenga	Permanent
9	Lukuuku swamp	Butenga	Permanent
10	Bigasa swamp	Bigasa	Permanent
11	Lwemiyaga Swamp	Bigasa	Permanent
12	Mukoza swamp	Bigasa	Permanent
13	Kisaka swamp	Kitanda	Permanent
14	Gayaaza swamp	Butenga	Permanent
15	Butalaga swamp	Bigasa	Permanent
16	Binnyobirya swamp	Butenga	Permanent
17	Kaalubanda swamp	Kibinge	Permanent
18	Nkalwe swamp	Butenga	Permanent
19	Kallisizoswamp	Kibinge	Permanent
20	Kiryamenvu swamp	Butenga	Permanent
21	Nsoloolo swamp	Kitanda	Permanent

Source: District Natural Resource Office 2019

 Forestry

 Natural and Planted Forests

The district doesn’t have any Natural Forest and no forest gazetted land.

 Status of Planted forests

S/No.	Planted forests	Status	Land coverage(hectares)
1	Eucalyptus plantations	Scattered allover	560 Ha

Source: District Natural Resource Office 2019

 Land management

 Number of land offers processed

Bukomansimbi district has processed 13 Land offers in the year 2018/19

 Area of government land identified and registered

Land at Lusaka village in Bigasa Sub County was identified and registered under Bukomansimbi District Local Government.

 Land use and ownership

Land use percentage/distribution

Land use	Percentage	Ownership
Agriculture	75%	Private
Commercial farming	15%	Private
forest reserves/Wetlands	5%	Public

Source: District Natural Resource Office, 2019

 Land Degradation problems

The district is currentlyexperiencing 5 land degradation problems which include; Soil erosion, overgrazing, over cultivation, bush burning and mono cropping

 Pollution

 Pollution Industries by type

Types of hazard/industry	No. of approved EIAs	Environment component affected
Filling stations	6	Land, air, water
Grinding mills	N/A	Air
Telecom masts	3	Land, air
Tanneries	N/A	Land, air, water

Source: District Natural Resource Office, 2018

Infrastructure Planning

Structure Plan

Currently the district doesn’t have any structure plan

 Local physical development plans and compliance inspections

There are only 9 local physical development plans which were approved this financial year 2018/2019 and 4 compliance inspections were undertaken.