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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Uganda’s forest cover has been on the decline in the past two decades. According to Global Forest Watch, between 2000 and ...

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, ...

One of the biggest drivers of deforestation in Uganda is the high demand for fuelwood and charcoal, as people cut trees in protected and forested areas.With rapid population growth, this pressure on ...

NEW YORK (Nov. 8, 2004) -- A report released by the Bronx Zoo-based Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and Uganda's National Forest Authority says that Uganda's forests are worth some $350 million ...

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 ...

Sugarcane companies have begun clearing land within the Bugoma Forest in Uganda after gaining title to the area under controversial circumstances. The country’s forestry authority contends that Hoima ...

Private investors plant trees next to government forests The timber meets demand previously filled by illegal loggers Cutting for firewood still a problem due to high power prices KALAGALA, Uganda, ...