NAPE: National Association of Professional Environmentalists - For sustainable Uganda - National Association of Professional Environmentalists (NAPE)

Launch of Women Hold up the Sky in Hoima
Group photo of activists on the launch of Women Hold up the Sky in Hoima. A Character driven film about African women who are deeply engaged in struggles to take back control of their land, their righ
National Feminist Movement
Grassroot Women Participating in the National Feminist Movement building School in the Albertine Region
Collective actions and grassroot movement buidling
Lucy Mbuubi - A community educator speaking about collective actions and grassroot movement buidling.
Women's rights to Land
Blandina & Esther in a conversation on women's access to Land - We create spaces for Sisterhood, peer to peer learning on Women's rights to Land.
Community Green Radio
Women Listening group crowd around radio to listen to Community Green Radio in Kigyayo Camp.
National Feminist Schools
We support national feminist schools to create an enabling environemnt for feminist engagement in the Extractive Industry
GBV Campaign
NAPE Female staff participating in 16 Days of Activism against GBV Campaign.

Welcome to National Association of Professional Environmentalists (NAPE) is an action organization committed to sustainable solutions to Uganda More...

NAPE Projects

Advocacy & Lobbying Open or Close
NAPE serves as an important actor that gives voice to marginalized communities and the environment of Uganda. We influence national policies and resource allocation decisions within political, economic, and social systems and institutions.
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Extractive industries Open or Close
Oil is not a new discovery in Uganda and NAPE has known this since its formation 15 years ago. Oil discovery in Uganda dates back into the colonial times. NAPE’s Oil Governance Programme started in 2009, starting with monitoring of oil exploration,moving to political advocacy against oil extraction activities, and continuing to the advocacy for community rights and voices now that extraction activities have begun. Below we give a more detailed explanation of the programme.
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Sustainability School Open or Close
In 2010, NAPE initiated the Sustainability school approach which advocates and seeks to give the communities capacity to effectively participate in social economic and political change processes. The aim of this school is the transfer of power from dominant groups to the poor, marginalized disadvantaged and disenfranchised who are always the majority. It is a problem solving mechanism using an andragogical learning methodology.
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Water Governance Open or Close
NAPE work on water governance includes advocating for rights to water and sanitation in here this is done through engaging government of Uganda to formulate policies and legislations that promote the rights to water and sanitation.
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Land Grabbing Open or Close
We are looking at protecting the rights of communities affected by big infrastructure development. Principal examples include:
- Palm oil plantations in Kalangala
- Oil extraction near Lake Albert
- Exotic tree plantations for carbon trading near Bukaleba (eastern Uganda) and Kikonda Forest Reserve (western)Read More
Ecosystems Restoration Open or Close
In our Ecosystems Alliance Programme we aim to empower communities for sustainable Natural Resource Management in the Albertine Rift. The programme is implemented by 3 consortium organizations i.e. National Association of Professional Environmentalists (NAPE), Uganda Wildlife Society (UWS) and Africa Institute for Energy Governance (AFIEGO). NAPE doubles as the Country Coordinating Institution. The Programme began in December 2011 and will run up to the close of June 2015.
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Chemicals Management Open or Close
NAPE intensifies campaign on safe use of chemicals

The National Association of Professional Environmentalists (NAPE) with support from the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) is carrying out a campaign on sound management of chemicals and wastes in Uganda. The campaign focuses mainly on the safe use of chemicals in the tannery Industry, Agro chemicals, waste management, chemicals in consumer products and mercury use in the artisanal gold mining targeting different categories of people. Awareness raising materials have been developed to propel this campaign. This campaign is a continuous effort of NAPE to raise awareness on the impacts of chemicals on human health and the environment and to empower consumers with information on chemicals and good practices regarding use and management of chemicals. The following materials have been developed in line with this campaign.
Communication and publication Open or Close
In the Amplifying Voices project NAPE works to give a voice to communities affected by oil so that they can represent their interests to the government, corporations, and other parties involved in oil extraction in their areas.
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