UNEP/GRID - Sioux Falls

United Nations Environment Programme
Environment for Development

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Experience the "Uganda Atlas of Our Changing Environment" and "Kenya Atlas of Our Changing Environment" through these interactive tours in the Google Earth software.
	View the intense pressure on the Mabira Forest in Uganda from timber harvesting, charcoal production, fuelwood collection and agricultural encroachment.

	View the stunning population growth of Kampala, Uganda between 1974 and 2008 along with the the associated impacts on water quality and infrastructure.

	View more than 35 years of incremental descruction in the Mau Forest Complex in Kenya. This rate of forest loss is unsustainable and threatens the security and future development of Kenya.

	View the eastern Uganda broder around Mount Elgon, an extinct volcano that supports a variety of habitats. See how a community based resource management approach has been utilized to balance between the protected areas and the growing population.