Albertine Graben Sensitivity Atlas

The Albertine Graben Sensitivity Atlas project was initiated in 2008. In 2010 version 2.0 of the Sensitivity atlas was published. The online version published in 2013 is basically a copy of that version. It contains all imagery from that presentation.

It is a project supported by the Government of Uganda, NEMA, UWA, NFA, etc and Norway.

The following is a list of all pages in this document:

• Foreword
• Acknowledgement
• Chapter overview
  • 1 – Introduction
    • 1.1 – Background to oil exploration in Albertine Graben
    • 1.2 – Objectives of the sensitivity atlas
    • 1.3 – Geology
    • 1.4 – Climate
    • 1.5 – Drainage system
    • 1.6 – Surface and groundwater
    • 1.7 – Minerals and energy resources
    • 1.8 – Land use and land tenure
    • 1.9 – Socio Economic status of the Albertine graben
    • 1.10 – Ecosystems and biodiversity
    • 1.11 – Archeological, Historic and Cultural sites
  • 2 – Sensitivity of biological resources
    • 2.1 – Biodiversity
    • 2.2 – Data presentation and combining of variables
    • 2.3 – Sensitivity based on species richness
    • 2.4 – Sensitivity based on species of special importance
    • 2.5 – Conservation Status
    • 2.6 – Overall biodiversity sensitivity to petroleum development
    • 2.7 – Sensitivity of biodiversity to petroleum development
    • 2.8 – Review of data availability, quality and reliability
    • 2.9 – References
  • 3 – Sensitivity of other natural resources in the Albertine Graben
    • 3.1 – Land cover sensitivity
    • 3.2 – Sensitivity of forests
    • 3.3 – Sensitivity of wetlands
    • 3.4 – Sensitivity of Water and Lakes
    • 3.5 – Sensitivity of soils
  • 4 – Sensitivity of the shoreline of the Albertine Graben

You may download the PDF-version using the below link:

Sensitivity Atlas Second Edition 2010 (20.6 MiB)

The first version of the Sensitivity Atlas (2009) is still available at this address:

Sensitivity Atlas First Edition 2009 (7.5 MiB)