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Gen Lokech implicated RDCs, DPCs and politicians for abetting illegal logging and charcoal trade in Acholi Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Deputy Inspector General of Police-IGP Maj Gen Paul Lokech has accused security personnel in the Acholi region of abetting illegal logging and charcoal burning. Gen Lokech specifically pointed fingers …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kitgum district council has passed the charcoal control and management ordinance aimed at regulating the production, transportation and marketing of charcoal. The bill was passed on Friday in honour of the former Kitgum district vice chairperson Billy Graham Odongkara who died in September. Odongkara was …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kitgum district council sectoral committee on production has drafted an ordinance to regulate the production, transportation and marketing of charcoal. The draft is in line with the resolution of the Joint Acholi Sub-Region Leader’s Forum-JASLF, which drafted the Acholi Sustainable Charcoal Production and Marketing Bill …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Efforts to recover the lost forest coverage in Uganda through massive reafforestation and afforestation must be paying off as the national forest coverage has slightly improved for the first time in 30 years, according to the National Forest Authority (NFA). The NFA Executive Director Tom …

Mhondoro Ngezi , Zimbabwe | AFP | Miller Chizema walked through the forest near his home and came across a pile of freshly-cut logs — a sight that spurred the 82-year-old villager to dismay and anger. The logs were arranged in such a way that they were ready to be burnt …

Paris, France | AFP | Leaf-cutter ants build super highways to transfer food and building materials hundreds of metres without communicating with each other, scientists claimed Wednesday, in findings that could prompt a rethink about how some insect communities organise themselves. Each leaf-cutter colony can carve out nearly three kilometres of …

By Andrew Steer and Paul Bulcke Over the past 13 years, the world has lost an average of 50 soccer fields of forests every minute Global trends are reshaping how businesses approach sustainability. On one hand, consumers and investors are pushing businesses to raise their standards. On the other hand, …

By Ronald Musoke Conservationists led by the executive director of the National Association of Professional Environmentalists (NAPE)’s Frank Muramuzi have accused President Museveni of being ‘dishonest’ to Ugandans when he recently hinted that he would revive his intention to give away part of Mabira rain forest to the Mehta group …