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SYMPOSIUM ON HUMAN DIMENSIONS RESEARCH ON GLOBAL
ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE
June 8th 2006
at the Faculty of Computing and Information
Technology Conference Room Makerere University
Session 1: OPENING SESSION - 9.00 am – 10.00 am
Welcome by IHDP National Contact Point/Organising Committee
Statement by the Head of Department Geography
Statement by the Dean Faculty of Arts Makerere University
Official Opening Address
Dr. Aryamanya Mugisha, Executive Director National Environment Management
Authority
10.00 – 10.30am
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MAKERERE
UNIVERSITY
REFRESHMENT BREAK
SESSION 2: PAPER PRESENTATIONS – 10.30 AM – 1.00 PM
Chair – Assoc. Professor J. B. Nyakaana
Overview of IHDP, Global Environmental Research Programmes and Doing Human
Dimensions Research – Professor Gernot Klepper - IHDP Scientific Committee Member
Bonn Germany
Urbanisation and Global Environmental Change – Uganda Perspectives – Assoc.
Professor Hannington Sengendo/ Mr. Shuaib Lwasa, Faculty of Arts Makerere University
Land use, land cover change and terrestrial ecosystems in Uganda – Dr. Grace
Nangendo
Adaptation, Vulnerability and responses to climate variability and environmental change
in Uganda - Mr. Paul Musali Lecturer Department of Geography Makerere University &
PhD Candidate School of Development Studies University of East Anglia
Institutions and Environmental Change in Uganda – Dr. Festus Bagoora, National
Environmental Management Authority
GENERAL DISCUSSIONS
1.00 pm – 2.00pm Lunch Break
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SESSION 3: PAPER PRESENTATIONS – 2.00 PM – 4.00PM - Chair - Mr. Lwasa
Shuaib
Industrial Transformation and Environmental Change – Dr. Patrick Mwesigye, Uganda
Cleaner Production Centre Kampala Uganda
Environmental Change and Water Resources in Uganda – Associate Professor Charles
Basalirwa Department of Geography Makerere University
Mountain Environments – Livelihoods and Adaptations to Change – Assoc. Professor
Moses Tenywa Department of Soil Science Makerere University
Food Systems and global Change –Dr. Abel Lufafa & Mr. Twaha Nsamba - Faculty of
Agriculture Makerere University
GENERAL DISCUSSIONS
SESSION 4: FORMALISING THE NATIONAL COMMITTEE ON HDR IN UGANDA
Chair - Assoc. Professor Abwoli Banana (Makerere University)
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Prof. Gernot Klepper (IHDP Scientific Committee Member
Kiel Institute of World Economics (IFW)