KALAGALA, Uganda, Sept 17 (Reuters) - For decades, farmers hungry for land and families needing firewood whittled away at Uganda's forests, home to endangered gorillas, elephants and chimpanzees. Now ...

Uganda has lost nearly half of its forests since 1990, even as the world records a slowdown in deforestation, according to the Global Forest Resources Assessment 2025 (FRA 2025) released by the Food ...

ADJUMANI, Uganda – Under a searing midday sun, Olany Mario wipes his brow as he bends to water a bed of tiny green neem seedlings in the fertile soil of a tree nursery in Palabek refugee settlement, ...

Lack of proper land titles fuels deforestation in Uganda Government turning to lawsuits against forest encroachers Activists criticise state for illegitimate land system BUGOMA, Uganda, Jan 10 ...

Scientists are combing rain forests around the world for potential cures for cancer and other ailments, but the residents near Uganda’s last rain forests are are not waiting around for a multinational ...

Carpenter Jon Katangole fears he will lose his livelihood when bulldozers come to destroy one of Uganda's last patches of rainforest. "My timber comes from that forest," he said, pointing to a cluster ...

Like other protected areas in Uganda, Bugoma Forest has been threatened by encroachment for decades; now up to a fifth of what remains could be cleared to plant sugar cane. Women, generally ...

Sugarcane companies have begun clearing land within the Bugoma Forest in Uganda after gaining title to the area under controversial circumstances. The country’s forestry authority contends that Hoima ...

One of the most densely populated countries in Africa, Uganda has seen its population double in 12 years. With 95% of the population dependent on toxic charcoal and wood fuel for cooking, the natural ...

WASHINGTON, April 23, 2020 — The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved total financing of $148.2 million to enable Uganda to improve sustainable management of forests and protected ...

Private investors plant trees next to government forests The timber meets demand previously filled by illegal loggers Cutting for firewood still a problem due to high power prices KALAGALA, Uganda, ...