Tag Archives: forests

KAMPALA, UGANDA | Patricia Akankwatsa | Denmark joined the EU’s “Partnering for Forests Uganda” program, committing substantial aid to tackle the nation’s critical deforestation crisis, marking a major step for Uganda’s environmental future. Launched on the International Day of Forests, the partnership aims to reverse Uganda’s dramatic forest loss, a drop …

OPINION | Dr QU Dongyu | Our forests play a vital role in feeding the world. From wild foods to fresh water, from shelter to energy, forests sustain billions of people and biodiversity. Yet we continue to lose them at an alarming rate through deforestation and land degradation. Between 2015 and …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | As Uganda joined the rest of the world today to mark World Environment Day, Equity Bank has reiterated their commitment to supporting projects dedicated to clean energy, environmental preservation, and combating climate change. In a statement to mark World Environment Day, Equity Bank Uganda said …

     Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | NCBA Bank Uganda has marked a significant milestone in its journey towards environmental sustainability through a new partnership with the National Forestry Authority (NFA) aimed at planting 20,000 Trees in 2024 equivalent to 30 Hectares. The trees will be planted at Jubiya …

Katabi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Former Vice President Prof Gilbert Baali-Baseka Bukenya, recently appointed Senior Presidential Advisor on Environment, expressed dismay at the degradation of Kituburu Forest in Katabi Town Council. Bukenya, accompanied by his assistants, conducted an inspection of various areas within the forest, including the Guda Landing site …

A surge in construction activity in Africa is drawing a new breed of investors eyeing mass timber – and the carbon-trapping forests needed to support it – as a sustainable building alternative to traditional concrete and steel. Wooden buildings like the engineered timber construction planned for the world’s tallest wood …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Justice and Constitutional Affairs Minister, Norbert Mao has embarked on a mass tree-planting drive in Northern Uganda. He says that the area has been greatly damaged by indiscriminate destruction of trees for charcoal business yet no alternatives for replacing the trees have been put …

  Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | In a bid to restore the Mabira Forest, National Environment Management Authority recently partnered with a telecommunication infrastructure firm, American Tower Corporation (ATC), and National Forestry Authority to plant trees ahead of Environment Day celebrations. The partnership was also implemented as part of …

COMMENT | PIUS WAMALA | Every 21st of March, Uganda joins the rest of the world to commemorate the International Day of Forests. Proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in 2012, this day is meant to celebrate and create awareness about the importance of all types of trees and …

Uganda designs blueprint based on largest camp at Bidibidi Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | The Uganda government together with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have come up with a five year plan to manage forests in …