The mission of the organization is to conserve biodiversity by promoting sustainable development through shared responsibility and networking. Pro-biodiversity conservationists in Uganda (PROBICOU) is currently initiating sustaible technologies for energy and proper energy and natural resource use.
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PROBICOU has demonstrated energy and sanitation projects such as turning agricultural waste into fuel briquettes. PROBICOU is also advocating for sustaible use of natural resources aimed biodiversity conservation. It is also currently monitoring the process of oil exploitation and biodersity conservation in Albertine rift. The projects are aimed at poverty reduction in communities as well promoting conservation. Projects are implimented both in rural and urban communities.
Our Experience And Interest In The Four PCIA Central Focus Areas
The main social cultural barrier is traditionalism that believes in patriach principles based on gender descrimination in resource use. Women have been labeled as being responsible for traditional gender roles such as cooking which makes them the biggest consumers of biomass energy in form of firewood. Most rural women are illiterate and it becomes more tiresome to demonstrate and help them learn sustainable practices.
Market development requires increased communication and involvement of media to help the target population access relevent information in time.
Technology continues to grow and is updated from time to time, until when standards agency in Uganda will be asked to certify.
The monitoring is done both internaly and externally, by competent agencies such as National Environment Management Authority.
Relevant Publications or Studies
I will forward selected articles to the partnership later.
Our Contribution to the Partnership
My organisation would be very much interested in sharing and exchanging important information that may deemed necesary for energy development and biodiversity conservation work.
