Wageningen University, Environmental Policy, P.O. Box 8130, Wageningen 6700EW, The Netherlands.
Environ Manage. 2010 Feb;45(2):284-95. doi: 10.1007/s00267-009-9423-4.
In Uganda, environmental and natural resource management is decentralized and has been the responsibility of local districts since 1996. This environmental management arrangement was part of a broader decentralization process and was intended to increase local ownership and improve environmental policy; however, its implementation has encountered several major challenges over the last decade. This article reviews some of the key structural problems facing decentralized environmental policy in this central African country and examines these issues within the wider framework of political decentralization. Tensions have arisen between technical staff and politicians, between various levels of governance, and between environmental and other policy domains. This review offers a critical reflection on the perspectives and limitations of decentralized environmental governance in Uganda. Our conclusions focus on the need to balance administrative staff and local politicians, the mainstreaming of local environmental policy, and the role of international donors.
在乌干达，环境和自然资源管理权力下放，自 1996 年以来一直由地方行政区负责。这种环境管理安排是更广泛权力下放进程的一部分，旨在增强地方所有权并改善环境政策；然而，过去十年中，这一安排的实施遇到了一些重大挑战。本文审查了在这个中部非洲国家中，分散的环境政策所面临的一些关键结构问题，并在更广泛的政治权力下放框架内审查了这些问题。技术人员与政治家之间、各级政府之间以及环境政策和其他政策领域之间都出现了紧张关系。本文的审查对乌干达分散式环境治理的观点和局限性进行了批判性反思。我们的结论侧重于需要平衡行政人员和地方政治家、将地方环境政策纳入主流以及国际捐助者的作用。
