| Land Area | total: 241,038 sq km country comparison to the world: 80
land: 197,100 sq km water: 43,938 sq km |
| Population | 32,369,558
country comparison to the world: 38 note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected. |
| Gross Domestic Product (GDPi) | $40.08 billion (2008 est.)
country comparison to the world: 95 $37 billion (2007 est.) $34.21 billion (2006 est.) note: data are in 2008 US dollars |
| Human Development Index (HDIi) | 0.514 (157) |
| Happy Palnet Index (HPIi) | 30.2 (117) |
| Development Statusi | LIC, IDAi, HIPC |
| The World Factbook 2009. Washington, DC: Central Intelligence Agency, 2009. | |
| Basel Conventioni Focal Point | National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) |
| Name | Mr Dick Lufafa |
| Address | P.O. Box 22255 |
| City | Kampala |
| Postal Code | 256 |
| Tel | +256 41 251 064 |
| Fax | 256-41-257521/232680 |
| info(at)nemaug.org | |
| Waste Management Legislation | The National Environment (Waste Management) Regulations, Statutory Instrument 153 |
| Chemicals Management Legislation | • The National Environment (Waste Management) Regulations, Statutory Instrument 153-2 • The National Environment (Standards for Discharge of Effluent into Water or on Land) Regulations, Statutory Instrument 153-3 • The National Environment (Management of Ozone Depleting Substances and Products) Regulations, Statutory Instrument No.63 of 2001 |
| International Conventions | |
| Basel Convention | BC – 11.03.99 (Accessioni) |
| Rotterdam Conventioni | 18.08.08 (Accession) |
| Stockholm Conventioni | 20.07.04 (Accession) |
| Other Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAsi) | Montreal – 1998 Bamako – 1991 Vienna Convention i-1998 SAICM (non legally binding) – 2006 |
| Local projects | • Uganda/UNEPi/UNDP Partnership Initiative for the Mainstreaming of Sound Management of Chemicals into National Development Planning (SAICM project) • “Stockholm Convention” |
| Recycling facilities | Plastics and Metals (non-precious – Cu, Fe, Al, etc) |
| e-Wastei management | Most is still hoarded for perceived value. However, the importation of end-of-life electronics has been banned and funds have been set aside by government for the establishment of an e-wasteimanagement facility through a PPP initiative of which TORs are being developed. |