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| Record identifier: | TIM-000848 |
| Record status: | C |
| Country: | Uganda [UGA] |
| Faolex ID: | LEX-FAOC192396 |
| In force: | Y |
| Sector: | WE-Environment/Wildlife |
| Type of text: | LE-Primary Legislation: Act/Law/Order |
| Date of Text: | 2019-07-01 |
| Title: | Uganda Wildlife Act, 2019. |
| Reference: | Arts.5-6; 8; 17; 21-22 and 28 |
| Measures: | Art.5 Continuation of the Authority. (1) The Uganda Wildlife Authority established under the Uganda Wildlife Act, Cap. 200 before the coming into force of this Act, shall continue in existence subject to this Act. Art.6 Functions of the Authority. (1) The functions of the Authority are: (a) to ensure the sustainable management of wildlife conservation areas; (b) to propose policies on wildlife management to the Minister; (c) to implement Government policies on wildlife management; (d) to identify and recommend areas for declaration as wildlife conservation areas and for the revocation of such declaration [...] Art.8 The Board. (1) The governing body of the Authority shall be the Board. (2) The Board shall be appointed by the Minister with the approval of Cabinet. Art.17 The Executive Director. (1) There shall be an Executive Director appointed by the Minister on the recommendation of the Board. (2) The Executive Director shall be the chief executive officer of the Authority and shall be responsible to the Board for the day-to-day operations of the Authority and the administration of this Act. [...] Art.21 Management plans. (1) The Board shall develop a conservation planning manual that takes cognizance of the national policies and development planning frameworks. (2) The Executive Director shall, with the approval of the Board prepare and publish a comprehensive management plan for each wildlife protected area and wildlife management area, in accordance with the conservation planning manual. (3) The Executive Director shall publish in a daily newspaper and in any other appropriate form of media, a notice of his or her intention to prepare a management plan and invite suggestions from all interested parties of the matters to consider in the plan. (4) The Executive Director shall request a district council within whose area the wildlife protected area or the wildlife management area falls in whole or in part to forward to him or her within twenty one days, any proposals for inclusion in the plan. (5) In the performance of his or her duties under this section, the Executive Director shall hold public meetings and attend meetings of the district council referred to in subsection (4) to explain the proposals in the plan and to consider suggestions put forward by those attending the meeting. (6) The Executive Director shall take into account any proposals or suggestions received under subsections (3), (4) and (5) and prepare a draft management plan. (7) The Executive Director shall submit the draft management plan to the Board for its comments and approval. Art.22 Commercial arrangement to manage conservation areas and species. (1) The Executive Director may with the approval of the Board enter into any suitable commercial or collaborative arrangement with any person for: (a) the management of a conservation area or a portion of the conservation area; (b) the provision of services and infrastructure in a conservation area; or (c) the management of a species or a class of species of animals or plants. (2) A person entering into an arrangement with the Authority under subsection (1) shall submit a management plan in the prescribed form and manner. Art.28 Temporary management measures. (1) Where it is intended that an area be declared a wildlife conservation area under section 25 and any action to do so in accordance with this Act has started, the Minister may, after seeking and taking into account the views of each local government council having jurisdiction in the area, and on the recommendation of the Board, make administrative arrangements for the management of the area by imposing temporary management measures effective for a period not exceeding six months pending declaration of the area as a wildlife conservation area and shall cause notice of the institution of those arrangements to be published in the Gazette. (2) An area to which temporary management measures apply under subsection (1) shall be managed by the Executive Director in accordance with the administrative arrangements made under subsection (1). (3) A person who does not comply with a directive or instruction by the Executive Director or any officer duly authorised by the Executive Director in the management of an area under this section commits an offence. |
| Activity: | GE-General; CN-Conservation |
| Type of forest: | GE-General |
| Target subject: | GE-General; PS-Protected species |
| I. Land Tenure and Forest Management: | forest management plans/ work plans/ operational plans |