The effects of deforestation on groundwater are not easily reversed, and significant time, investment, and effort will be required to restore the balance

                                                                                                              “This forest is our generous mother; giving us fresh oxygen, food, herbal medicine, shade, firewood, timber and environmental heritage all seasons,” Irene Khakasa, a 35-year-old single mother of 6 children told this publication. Khakasa, is thankful to the threatened forest for being a “reliable source of a living for many informal families that live […]

80% of the urban population in East Africa uses coal as their primary energy source for cooking. But today, charcoal import is threatening Uganda's trees.

BECOMAP community organization has planted more than 30,000 trees in eastern Uganda where landslides in 2018 killed dozens.

Hundreds of people are grappling with acute scarcity of clean and safe water in Bunambutye landslides resettlement villages, amidst the novel coronavirus pandemic fight. Those affected the most include 140 households in Phase II who were relocated from disaster prone Bududa to Bunambutye settlement in Bulambuli district.  The Ugandan government like others across the world […]