The wetlands of Uganda are highly treasured natural resources that cover 30,105 square kilometres (11,624 sq mi) of Uganda's total land area of 241,500 square kilometres (93,200 sq mi) accounting to 13% of the total land area.
[1] In Uganda, wetlands are locally utilized surrounding communities for construction, agriculture, tourism, crafts, furniture, fiching, human settlement and extraction of useful materials, wild fruits and hunting grounds.
[1] As the National Resistance Movement Government took over power in 1986, there existed devastating social, economic, political, environmental and poor wetlands management.
Through administrative guidelines issued in September 1986, the government begun the restoration of wetland resources by instituting a ban on large-scale drainage schemes until scientifically proven and socially harmonious policy was put in place.
[8][7] Organizations and Partners under the Commercial Flowere Farms Integrated Catchment Management Partnership came together to fight wetlands degradation around Greater Kampala since 2022.