Tag Archives: tree species

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Women have launched a campaign to curb forest destruction and restoration of the depleted indigenous tree covers in the Acholi sub region. Through Wise Women Uganda, a community-based organization in Gulu, the 18-member group has embarked on the plantation of more than 36-acres of natural tree …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Environmental activists have decried the syndicated illegal exploitation of valuable tree species in Northern Uganda. It comes follows the increasing harvesting of the indigenous Afzelia Africana tree species in Gulu, Amuru, Lamwo, Kigtum and parts of Omoro districts by unknown persons. The activists say trucks …