{"id":23376,"date":"2025-03-11T05:34:02","date_gmt":"2025-03-11T05:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/new_site2\/about-us-2\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T14:53:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T11:53:38","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n \n \n
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About NEMA<\/h2>\n
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The National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) is a semi-autonomous institution, established in May 1995, as the principal agency in Uganda, charged with the responsibility of coordinating, monitoring, regulating and supervising environmental management in the country. NEMA spearheads the development of environmental policies, laws, regulations, standards and guidelines; and guides Government on sound environment management in Uganda. In doing this, NEMA contributes to social-economic development and wise use of natural resources, focusing on providing support to Government\u2019s main goal of ensuring sustainable development contributing to the National Vision, the National Development Plan (NDP), regional and global commitments including the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). As a regulatory agency, the authority of NEMA is embedded in the National Environment Act Cap 181.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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NEMA is the principal agency in Uganda for regulating, monitoring, supervising and coordinating all activities relating to the environment.<\/p>\n

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