Uganda Environmental Law, Greenwatch would like to acknowledge the contribution of Kenneth Kakuru, Carl Bruch and John Pendergrass of Environmental law Institute (ELI)– Washington DC, Justice Opio Aweri, Judge of the High Court of Uganda, Justice Jeremiah Herbert Ntabgoba (formerly the Principal Judge), Dr. George Wamukoya of the World Wide Fund Eastern Africa Programme Office (WWF EARPO), Mr. Donald Kaniaru of United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and Professor Marc Pallermaerts of the University of Brussels, Ms. Doris Akol of Environmental Law Resources Centre, Mr. Ronald Kaggwa and Mr. George Lubega of the National Environmental Management Authority (NEMA) for their contribution in providing and writing papers on the various areas of the practice in environmental law. Without their contributions, it would not be possible to prepare this Handbook. We wish to acknowledge the continuing support from the National Environment Management Authority, The United
Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), and the Environmental Law Institute (ELI) in conducting the trainings in environmental law. Since 2000 Greenwatch has been involved in training of lawyers, judicial officers, local
government leaders, environmental officers, police officers, public prosecutors, and
others in basic principles and concepts of environmental law and procedure. We wish to specially thank UNEP for continuously providing environmental law
materials to the judiciary.
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Editors:
Kenneth Kakuru
Irene Ssekyana
Special thanks are extended to the Judicial Studies Institute(JSI) and the Training
Programme headed by Justice J.W.N. Tsekooko, Justice of the Supreme Court of Uganda and
Chairman Judicial Training Committee for the encouragement and support that he has given
for the various training sessions of the judiciary that have been held in Uganda over the
years.