Cases / Mining · Uganda · date not stated
Uganda permits sand extraction in Lwera wetland while banning lake dredging
Short record: the main facts, with sources. A full case file has not been prepared.
Nature's voice · report
No measurement of the harm done to me here is on record.
Did nature suffer? Not measured.
Uganda's NEMA banned sand dredging in Lake Victoria but allowed extraction in the Lwera wetland, AP reported. The sources reviewed do not describe the ecological damage to the wetland.
What?
Uganda allowed sand extraction in the Lwera wetland while banning dredging in Lake Victoria AP (ClickOrlando)
Where?
Lwera wetland, Lake Victoria basin, Uganda AP (ClickOrlando)
When?
Reported on 25 April 2023 AP (ClickOrlando)
Who?
Gained
None on recordLost
None on recordHarmed
- Lwera wetland and Lake Victoria basin — AP's headline says the basin suffers as sand miners prosper AP (ClickOrlando)
Why?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
How?
State permission allowed extraction in the wetland; dredging in the lake was banned AP (ClickOrlando)
6 of 6 questions answered from the record
What happened
The record, in order.
AP reported on 25 April 2023 that NEMA had banned sand dredging in Lake Victoria but permitted sand extraction in the Lwera wetland.
AP reported that Double Q, a company with Chinese capital, did not answer questions.
In court and with insurers
Every proceeding and every insurer decision on record.
Lawsuits and rulings
No court case on record. No court has ruled on this case.
Insurers
No insurer decision on record.
What we don't know
Undisclosed, unproven, untried: recorded as data.
Nature
- Not measured Harm to nature: The record holds no measurement of harm to nature.
Record
- None on record Companies holding the Lwera permits are not stated in the sources reviewed.
- None on record Volumes of sand extracted and the wetland's ecological damage are not stated in the sources reviewed.
- Unclear Whether Double Q holds extraction rights is not stated in the sources reviewed.
Did the harm stop?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Who paid?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Sources
Voices on record: — Company or project— Government and regulators— Courts✓ Press and investigations— Communities and civil society— Researchers
Press and investigations
- As sand miners prosper in Uganda, a vital lake basin suffersAP (ClickOrlando) · 2023-04-25