The Department of Environment and Natural Resources.

Amongst the Environmental problems the district is facing at the moment include the following: soil erosion, loss of soil fertility, increased land conflicts, reduced vegetation cover, poor health and sanitation, reduced fish stocks, poor land use planning, pollution, degraded wetlands, river banks, and lakeshores and conflicts with Protected Areas

Snow Cover on the Ruwenzoris - The status of the snow cover on the Rwenzori indicates the trends in climate change. It is believed that if climatic trends continue unchecked, glaciers on the Rwenzoris would disappear within 20 years.

Soil erosion is one of the environmental challenges the district is facing and has been the most important form of soil degradation in the district. The reason behind this is the ever increasing population that accelerates the rate of land fragmentation.

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