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7 secrets that forests have been keeping from you
Where would you find the world’s largest recreation center and the most natural supermarket? Forests wouldn’t have been your first answer, would it? That’s the thing about forests. They keep secrets. For too long we have seen trees as purely functional or...
10 YEARS OLD: Leprome gets to ’10’ in style
Leprome Plantation Forest has marked 10 years of existence with a Holy Mass, baptism and graduation party, signaling the start of a new era and new hope for all its stakeholders. Director Ambrose Promise hailed the leadership and teamwork exhibited by the Leprome Manager Christopher Kamulegeya, who also celebrated his recent graduation.
Leprome Manager graduates
Christopher Kamulegeya, Manager, Leprome Plantation Forest was joined by over a dozen colleagues to celebrate his graduation, a Bachelors in Forestry from Makerere University. Years of sweat have clearly produced results, and joy was on everyone’s face as their long-serving manager marked another milestone in his career.
INTERVIEW: We have always been nature enthusiasts, says Dr. Catherine Promise Biira
"Our dream, is to see this forest, become an entrepreneurial ecosystem of positive community transformation. I would want to see the forest become the pivot upon which the community around has been transformed" The LEPROME Forest...
It takes a community to map a forest
Noar Natolo and Scovia Bulyaba are carpet weavers and members of the Nagoje community living in Mabira Forest, in Uganda. To supplement their income, they collect palm leaves from the forest and weave carpets that are later dyed with local natural products. The...
How the World Bank can save the world’s forests
BY Ladd Connell (Devex.com) OPINION: In August, the world’s leading climate scientists issued a report on land confirming what we already know: forests are a critical weapon in the battle against climate change. Yet as competition for land mounts, the destruction of...
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Building Eco-Tourism in Uganda
The ecotourism destinations in Uganda include all the ten national parks, wildlife and game reserves, forest reserves, events/cultural centers, community wetlands, Theme parks, resorts, and important bird areas.