Why experts are focusing on new forests to save the old forests Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Zoka Central Forest Reserve, a small 1,259 hectare tropical forest found in Adjumani District in northwest Uganda, was first gazetted as a central forest reserve in the 1940s. Part of the bigger …
Read More »Weak laws fueling extinction of endangered shea nut trees in Acholi
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Shea nut trees are among the traditional tree species known for medicinal, food value, economic, and cultural significance in Acholi sub-region. However, shea nut trees which are also known to make quality coal have come under threat in the wake of a growing demand for …
Read More »British supermarkets threaten Brazil boycott over Amazon land law
London, United Kingdom | AFP | Leading British supermarket chains have warned Brazil they may be forced to boycott its goods if lawmakers in the South American country pass a bill that would “encourage further land grabbing” in the Amazon. In an open letter to Brazilian senators and deputies, the companies …
Read More »Deforestation in Africa accelerates: UN food agency
Paris, France | AFP | Africa is the only continent in the world where deforestation is accelerating, according to key findings of a five-year report released Thursday by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). In South America, where some countries have been blamed for rampant forest exploitation, the rate of forest loss was …
Read More »Stanbic Bank partners with Uganda Breweries in a drive to plant over 40 Million trees
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Stanbic Bank Uganda has partnered with Uganda Breweries Limited (UBL) in a new awareness campaign against deforestation by encouraging the public to plant trees to foster sustainable development and save the environment. The employees of the two institutions will take part in a marathon relay …
Read More »Increasing deforestation threatening wildlife conservation-UWEC
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Wildlife Conservation Education Center-UWEC has decried the increased destruction of habitats in several parts of the country which is threatening breeding and livelihood of wildlife and birding. Recent studies by Makerere University indicate that more than 200,000 hectares of forest cover have …
Read More »Why is part of the Amazon burning?
Washington, United States | AFP | The thousands of fires burning in the Amazon don’t look like the major forest fires of Europe or North America — instead, they are fueled mainly by branches, vegetation and other byproducts of deforestation in cleared areas, experts say. The dramatic scale of this year’s …
Read More »Renewable energy alternatives can tame deforestation
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandan farmers are demanding that the government addresses deforestation through a deliberate investment in alternative sources of energy. They say that the approach should be integrated with the operationalization of the tree fund stipulated under the Environment and the National Tree Planting Act and implemented …
Read More »World warned: change now or endanger food and climate
Geneva, Switzerland | AFP | Humanity faces increasingly painful trade-offs between food security and rising temperatures within decades unless it curbs emissions and stops unsustainable farming and deforestation, a landmark climate assessment said Thursday. The UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warned that efforts to limit global warming while feeding …
Read More »Deforestation + climate change = dead end for wildlife
Paris, France | AFP | Climate change combined with galloping tropical deforestation is cutting off wildlife from life-saving cooler climes, heightening the risk of extinction, researchers said Monday. Less than two-fifths of forests across Latin America, Asia and Africa currently allow for animals and plants to avoid potentially intolerable increases in …
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