Mountain Day
International
MIRI Celebrating
Welcome To MIRI
Celebrating International Mountain Day on 11th December for awareness creation and networking
Matter as water towers
Mountains
MIRI
Mountains Matter as water towers and biodiversity conservation
Elena glacier
on Mt Rwenzori
Monitoring glaciers
MIRI Monitoring
Monitoring glaciers on Mt Rwenzori_Elena glacier disappeared by 2014
About MIRI
A not-for-profit independent organization founded in 2021 by a team of montologists, with the aim of contributing to building resilient communities through innovations and research.
Mountain environments are progressively becoming more vulnerable due to shifts in climatic and demographic conditions.
Our Programs
Weather and climate
We have established two auto weather stations and manual rain gauges at secondary schools (Bulucheke SS and Gamatui SS) in Mt Elgon.
Landslide monitoring
MIRI research team monitors different types of earth movements such as landslides, debris flows, earthflows, mudflows, rock falls and soil erosion.
Monitoring fire outbreaks
Fire outbreaks whether human or naturally caused pause a serious threat to properties, ecological services and human lives in major mountains of Uganda.
Glacial changes
Glacial change is a key indicator of global environmental change especially in terms of climatic changes. The change in glacial cover …
Monitoring land use changes
Monitoring land use changes and emerging consequences in vulnerable landscapes adjacent conservation areas …
Monitoring fire outbreaks
The MIRI research team from its Disaster Research Unit (MIRI_DRU) is monitoring the fire incidences
Events
International Mountain Day (IMD)
Our Partners
