Why Wetlands Matter - with Asadhu Ssebyoto

About this Episode

The 23rd to the 31st July 2025 saw the 15th meeting of the Conference on Wetlands in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe. The Wetlands COP15's theme was "Protecting Wetlands for our Common Future," and today's guest was one of Uganda's representatives.

Asadhu Ssebyoto is a Senior Wetlands Officer in the Ugandan Ministry of Water and Environment. And to say he's a man with a passion for wetland preservation would be an understatement: to use his own words, it's a subject he eats, drinks and sleeps.

In this episode he talks us through the common types of wetlands found in Uganda, how we should understand their importance, and why long term preservation is only possible when the livelihoods of local communities are taken into account.

You can find out more about the Wetlands COP15 here:

https://www.wetlandscop15.gov.zw/

Thanks as always to our guest, Asadhu Ssebyoto, and thanks to you for listening.