Water gauges of Lake Wamala on land due to falling water levels and maize, banana and cotton plantations flooded due to heavy precipitation
The shallow lake’s levels have fluctuated with changes in precipitation through the recent decades. In the 1980s its surface covered roughly 250 sq km. During the 1990s its surface shrank to roughly half that size. It has more recently recovered much of its surface area, however Lake Wamala’s future management remains a concern for those who live in its vicinity |
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Addressing Impacts of Climate Variability and Change on Riparian and Aquatic ecosystems, fisheries and livelihoods project is a National Fisheries Resources Research Institute (NaFIRRI) three year project supported by The Rockefeller Foundation to incorporate climate science into the institute’s research and development programs and contribute to the National Adaptation Plan of Action (NAPA) by evaluating approaches for helping small-scale fishers and riparian communities to better cope with impacts of climate variability and change. The project will address innadequacy of knowledge, data, policies, legislation, governance, capacity, awareness and procedures to address climate variability and change in the African Great Lakes region to enable especially the poor and vulnerable communities to increase their resilience and sustain livelihoods.
Project Area coverage:
Lake Wamala, with a latitude of 0.33 (0° 19' 42 N) and a longitude of 31.84 (31° 50' 26 E), which is a hydrographic (lake) located in Uganda that is a part of Africa.
The location is situated 77 kilometers south (193°) of the approximate center of Uganda and 81 kilometers west (271°) of the capital Kampala.
Lake Kawi, with a latitude of 1.19 (1° 11' 10 N) and a longitude of 33.63 (33° 37' 50 E), which is a hydrographic (lake) located in Uganda that is a part of Africa.
The location is situated 182 kilometers east (83°) of the approximate center of Uganda and 153 kilometers north east (51°) of the capital Kampala. |
