web01.fireside.fm Thu, 07 May 2026 23:20:08 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Climate Talk Uganda With Josephine Karungi - Episodes Tagged with “Preservation” https://climatetalkuganda.fireside.fm/tags/preservation Fri, 08 Aug 2025 00:15:00 +0200 Climate Talk Uganda aims to explore all aspects of climate change in Uganda. Every two weeks we aim to feature a wide range of people who offer their perspectives on the challenges they - and Uganda - face as climate change continues to play out. en-us episodic The accessible, acronym-free podcast about climate change in Uganda. Josephine Karungi Climate Talk Uganda aims to explore all aspects of climate change in Uganda. Every two weeks we aim to feature a wide range of people who offer their perspectives on the challenges they - and Uganda - face as climate change continues to play out. no Uganda, Climate Change, Josephine Karungi Josephine Karungi climatetalkpod@gmail.com Episode 30: Why Wetlands Matter - with Asadhu Ssebyoto https://climatetalkuganda.fireside.fm/30 bc663510-107f-4680-8f9f-fb265587da29 Fri, 08 Aug 2025 00:15:00 +0200 Josephine Karungi full Josephine Karungi What's a wetland and why do they matter in a climate changing world? 28:11 no <p>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. </p> <p>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. </p> <p>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.</p> <p>You can find out more about the Wetlands COP15 here:</p> <p><a href="https://www.wetlandscop15.gov.zw/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.wetlandscop15.gov.zw/</a></p> <p>Thanks as always to our guest, Asadhu Ssebyoto, and thanks to you for listening. </p> Uganda, climate change, Wetlands COP 15, Fifteenth Conference of The Contracting Parties (COP15) to the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, wetlands, preservation, RAMSAR, Asadhu Ssebyoto 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.

]]> 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.

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