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Uganda is richly endowed with lake resources, and capture fisheries contribute significantly to the national economy through exports, employment and food security. To secure these resources and ensure that local people benefit from them, the Government of Uganda is implementing a new approach to managing lake resources. This approach is based on:
- Decentralisation of natural resource management functions
- Empowering local communities to manage natural resources
- Improving the livelihoods of the poor
The UK Government Department for International Development supported the Government of Uganda in developing and implementing this new approach through the Integrated Lake Management Project. The project ran from November 1999 to October 2004 and produced a number of reports and briefings that describe the main outputs and lessons learned from the implementation of the integrated lake management approach.
The purpose of the ILM project was to see:
The livelihoods of poor lake dependent communities sustained and improved through the integrated management of lake resources
ILM worked with central government departments - principally the Ministry of Local Government, Department of Fisheries Resources, National Environment Management Authority, Directorate of Water Development, Wetlands Inspection Division - local governments and fisheries communities to build new institutions and develop capacity in a range of management areas, ensuring that women and boat crew benefit from improved access to the lake and to decision-making.
More detail on the themes are under the themes section of this site and a summary of lessons learned are set out under lessons section of this site.
A full report of the lessons learned from supporting the Integrated Lake Management Approach in Uganda is available within the report Lakes and Livelihoods: integrated co-management in Uganda.
This web-site was created in October 2004. The content and recommendations were considered appropriate at the time of preparation, but may require modification in the light of further knowledge. The findings of this report do not necessarily reflect the opinions or policies of DFID, MRAG Ltd. or CARE or any other institution with which it may be associated.
