About 50.9 percent of Fort Portal City's total wetland area has been degraded due to human activities, a new study has revealed.
According to the study by Aid Environment, commissioned by Join for Water in collaboration with Fort Portal City, wetland cover reduced from 537.4 hectares to 273.7 hectares.
This degradation is paralleled by an expansion of subsistence farming, which has increased from 933.7 hectares to 1,584.3 hectares, and human settlement, rising from 14.2 hectares to 68.77 hectares.
Fort Portal City, spanning 124 square kilometres, has seen its population surge from 102,240 in 2014 to 135,702 in 2024, according to the latest National Population and Housing Census.
The study identified 32 wetlands, all degraded by human activities, including soil dumping and waste disposal.
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