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 ...

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 ...

Uganda's tree cover rose from 9% in 2015 to 12% in 2017 Farmers paid to grow tree plantations and help manage forests Critics say more efforts needed to stop loss of natural forests KAMPALA, July 8 ...

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 ...

Africa Institute for Energy Governance (AFIEGO) is an Uganda company undertaking public policy research and advocacy to influence energy policies to benefit the poor and vulnerable. Since August 2020, ...

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 ...

A subject close to the heart of this correspondent are all matters surrounding Uganda’s wetlands and forests, a key component for nature and wildlife-based tourism, and a potential source of employm A ...

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, ...

The newly transformed Gorilla Forest Lodge, an A&K Sanctuary, is now open in Uganda's Bwindi Impenetrable Forest.

KALAGALA, Uganda (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 the ...