Abstracto

Deforestation In Uganda: Population Increase, Forests Loss And Climate Change.

Josephat M*

Besides that, Africa Natural Resources Institute (ANRI) is delighted to host the 3rd edition of the high level conference on minerals and petroleum at a continental level following the unquestionable success of the second focusing on African Great Lakes Extractive Industry amidst of ongoing climate change challenges. This confirms the importance of ANRI's contribution to the development of these long term untapped resources which show promising growth prospects to the continent. As development plans match a head for oil production in kenya, Uganda, with huge gas investment in Tanzania and Mozambique on addition to already producing countries like Nigeria, Angola, this has made the continent to attractive to international oil companies. In order to realize the potential of extractive industry and other opportunities related to the sector and associated challenges, there is a great need to address them in start as a precursor for good planning to ensure effective exploitation and benefit maximisation.