{"id":21708,"date":"2025-02-06T09:45:50","date_gmt":"2025-02-06T09:45:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/new_site2\/?page_id=21708"},"modified":"2025-04-10T15:07:06","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T15:07:06","slug":"information-and-literacy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/information-and-literacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Information and Literacy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n    \n    <section class=\"u-clearfix u-section-2\" id=\"block-1\">\n      <div class=\"u-clearfix u-sheet u-valign-top-sm u-sheet-1\">\n        <div class=\"fr-view u-clearfix u-rich-text u-text u-text-1\">\n          <p id=\"isPasted\"><span style=\"font-size: 2.230769230769231rem;\">Environmental Information and Literacy<\/span>\n          <\/p>\n          <p>Every person shall have a right of access to environmental information relating to the implementation of the National Environment Act Cap. 181, subject to the Constitution and the Access to Information Act, 2005.<\/p>\n          <p id=\"isPasted\">National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) works in collaboration with the Ministry responsible for education, to ensure that environmental and sustainable development concerns are integrated into the national education system, including academic and non-academic programmes.<\/p>\n          <p>\n            <br>\n          <\/p>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"u-widget u-widget-1\">\n\t\t<div class=\"widget widget_recent_entries\">\n\t\t<h2 class=\"widgettitle\">Latest News<\/h2>\n\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/neam-and-partners-launch-restoration-of-degraded-kyangwali-landscape-in-kikuube-district\/\">NEAM and Partners Launch Restoration of Degraded Kyangwali Landscape in Kikuube District<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"post-date\">June 8, 2026<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a 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href=\"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/nema-cracks-down-on-illegal-sand-mining-in-mayuge-district-2\/\">NEMA Cracks Down on Illegal Sand Mining in Mayuge District<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"post-date\">April 21, 2026<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/nema-impounds-vehicles-motorcycles-in-crackdown-on-illegal-wetland-car-washing-in-hoima-city\/\">NEMA Impounds Vehicles, Motorcycles in Crackdown on Illegal Wetland Car Washing in Hoima City<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"post-date\">April 18, 2026<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\n\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n    \n    \n    \n    \n  \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Environmental Information and Literacy Every person shall have a right of access to environmental information relating to the implementation of the National Environment Act Cap. 181, subject to the Constitution and 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