TY  - JOUR
T1  - Prospects of Petroleum Exploration and Local Community Environmental Education in the Albertine Graben, Western Uganda
AU - Buyinza, Mukadasi AU - Nabalegwa, Muhammod 
JO  - Research Journal of Applied Sciences
VL  - 7
IS  - 8
SP  - 409
EP  - 412
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1815-932x
DO  - rjasci.2012.409.412
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=rjasci.2012.409.412
KW  - Environment education
KW  -petroleum exploration
KW  -plants and animals
KW  -communities
KW  -ecnomic development
KW  -Uganda
AB  - This study attempts to increase public awareness between environment 
  and development and involve all concerned in an effort to check pollution caused 
  by petroleum exploration. In order to make a good research, few hypotheses were 
  formulated. Gas flaring has undoubtedly played a role in the degeneration of 
  the environment. Plants and animals do not benefit from petroleum exploration 
  due to spills and there is loss of petroleum nutrients, diminution of cultivable 
  lands and low economic development despite petroleum exploration. The sample 
  area consists of those communities in the Albertine rift where major petroleum 
  activities take place. These are Hoima, Masindi and Arua. The data are collected 
  through the use of questionnaire and such are analyzed using frequencies and 
  percentages. From the data analysis, findings were made and conclusions drawn.
ER  -