Land Management has become one of the most important topical issues of the present generation. Land as the most important God given resource has either been a source of peace or conflict in different aspects, between individuals, communities, and or states.
The looming food crisis, the worrying trends of global warming, the increasing disasters not limited to floods, landslides, and soil erosion, the haphazard urban growth with the associated homelessness all are indicators of how man has failed up to his responsibility. "to manage land" with all its attached resources. On this page examples in photoes have been picked from Kiruruma ctahcmnts in Kabale District, South Western Uganda.
Kiruruma Wetlands in Kabale District Uganda, converted for crop production and Dairy Farming to meet economic and domestic needs
But again who suffers the impact? Where are we headed? The truth is that the future generations are not available to invoke or contribute to negotiations and influence the present day uncaring brothers. Whether or not the impact is felt by the present generation, there is a lot of answers for the questions in the air from those yet to be born. Those could include anybody or everybody's son and daughter.
Has intervention been appropriate? The answer is relative. In the photo above is what is assumed to solve the catchments environmental issues near Kiruruma South River. It has rather served to the contrary.
Sometimes solutions may breed ohter significant problems to the land resources. In the phtograph above, Eucalyptus Spp. have rather suppressed other vegetation spp. through allelopathic affect and increased water run off and reduced rain water infiltration. The following photo shows gullies that have resulted from the Eucalyptus tree plantations
How much can we afford to lose, is a question that goes un answered. We need to check our activities. However we must integrate approaches to benefit from the advantages each of them provides. Science must take care of the socio-economic needs. The manner of land ownership should be checked and property rights reforms made in the context of Kiruruma river catchments. It is clear that the form of intervention may be context dependent, according to the areas' ecological and social setup.
Moving to Professionalism
The nature of land administration in different countries may serve to increase or reduce the adverse impact of human activities. The presence of a weak and ambiguous legal framework and poor institutional setup is a demonstration of a weak and inefficient land administration system. Even the absence of it is a loud reminder of poor land administration system. To manage the environment therefore and improve agricultural sector, the way land is owned should be efficiently governed and administered. Such administration comes with professionalisation of the staff through vigorous training and sensitization.
Graduates and the staff from an MSc. Land Management and Tenure at the Technical University of Munich on Mrach 19th 2008.
Land Management at the Technical University of Munich provides an important opportunity to look into the challenges, oriented solely towards solutions finding, to enable sensible use of the land resources.
If we need the answers we start the search from home, our own hearts with the will to undertake collective and individual responsibilities.
By Bruce Rukundo
The looming food crisis, the worrying trends of global warming, the increasing disasters not limited to floods, landslides, and soil erosion, the haphazard urban growth with the associated homelessness all are indicators of how man has failed up to his responsibility. "to manage land" with all its attached resources. On this page examples in photoes have been picked from Kiruruma ctahcmnts in Kabale District, South Western Uganda.
Kiruruma Wetlands in Kabale District Uganda, converted for crop production and Dairy Farming to meet economic and domestic needs
But again who suffers the impact? Where are we headed? The truth is that the future generations are not available to invoke or contribute to negotiations and influence the present day uncaring brothers. Whether or not the impact is felt by the present generation, there is a lot of answers for the questions in the air from those yet to be born. Those could include anybody or everybody's son and daughter.
Has intervention been appropriate? The answer is relative. In the photo above is what is assumed to solve the catchments environmental issues near Kiruruma South River. It has rather served to the contrary.
Sometimes solutions may breed ohter significant problems to the land resources. In the phtograph above, Eucalyptus Spp. have rather suppressed other vegetation spp. through allelopathic affect and increased water run off and reduced rain water infiltration. The following photo shows gullies that have resulted from the Eucalyptus tree plantations
How much can we afford to lose, is a question that goes un answered. We need to check our activities. However we must integrate approaches to benefit from the advantages each of them provides. Science must take care of the socio-economic needs. The manner of land ownership should be checked and property rights reforms made in the context of Kiruruma river catchments. It is clear that the form of intervention may be context dependent, according to the areas' ecological and social setup.
Moving to Professionalism
The nature of land administration in different countries may serve to increase or reduce the adverse impact of human activities. The presence of a weak and ambiguous legal framework and poor institutional setup is a demonstration of a weak and inefficient land administration system. Even the absence of it is a loud reminder of poor land administration system. To manage the environment therefore and improve agricultural sector, the way land is owned should be efficiently governed and administered. Such administration comes with professionalisation of the staff through vigorous training and sensitization.
Graduates and the staff from an MSc. Land Management and Tenure at the Technical University of Munich on Mrach 19th 2008.Land Management at the Technical University of Munich provides an important opportunity to look into the challenges, oriented solely towards solutions finding, to enable sensible use of the land resources.
If we need the answers we start the search from home, our own hearts with the will to undertake collective and individual responsibilities.
By Bruce Rukundo
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