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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandan government needs to regulate importation of forest products, limiting importation to only those that cannot be produced locally, according to David Duli, country director for the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). Duli said there’s also need to review the forest policy and the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Forestry Authority (NFA) has impounded timber worth about 12 million Shillings which was illegally harvested from Bugoma central forest reserve. The 600 pieces of timber are suspected to have been harvested in Nyairongo area in Kikuube district where the land boundaries between …

Rukungiri, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Rukungiri Police have impounded four trucks carrying more than 400 pieces of timber from Butimba Wood Center valued at Shillings 25million. The impounded timber is believed to have been cut illegally from Imaramagambo National Forest in Bwambara Sub County in Rukungiri district. Police acted on …

Bangui, Central African Republic | AFP | “When I decided to come back, my friends took me for a fool,” recounts Clement Ndotizo, who spent a decade in France before returning to settle in his native Central African Republic, one of the world’s least-developed and most dangerous countries. But a “fool”, …

By Mubatsi Asinja Habati & Julius Businge Prices go up but experts say she is barking the wrong tree On a busier day Bashir Mutebi, a timber dealer, would be negotiating deals to sell timber to Sudanese and Kenyan traders, and retailing to dealers in Kampala. Usually, he would sell …