A comprehensive policy may not evolve in a single document but in a series of co-ordinated
policy statements. In the case of Uganda, the wetlands policy must be gleaned from the
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Constitution, the National Environment Management Policy, the National Wetlands Policy,
the Water Policy as well as other related policies such as the Agricultural Policy. What is of
essence is not the existence of a policy document, but co-ordination and compatibility in the
various policy statements.