NAKIVALE, Uganda (AP) — Enock Twagirayesu was seeking sanctuary when he and his family fled violence in Burundi, and they found it in Uganda, the small East African nation that has absorbed thousands ...
MASINDI — Less than half a kilometer from Aliyo Sarile’s tobacco farm, the wild frontier of Budongo Forest rises, a wall of emerald canopy and untamed vegetation marking a boundary. Each dawn, Aliyo ...
Editor’s Note: Call to Earth is a CNN editorial series committed to reporting on the environmental challenges facing our planet, together with the solutions. Rolex’s Perpetual Planet Initiative has ...
From 16–19 September 2025, more than 40 stakeholders from government ministries, the National Forest Authority, NGOs, academia, development partners and UN agencies gathered in Jinja for a four-day ...
Uganda’s Echuya Forest Reserve will become a national park, alongside five other forest areas. That news is being heralded by small cat conservationists as a win for the threatened African golden cat ...
Bwindi Impenetrable Forest • The primeval forest is located in southwestern Uganda. The Bwindi forest has elevations ranging from 3,806 to 8,553 feet. The forest contains around 160 species of trees ...
As we drive into Bwindi Impenetrable Forest in Uganda, the road is so uneven the bumps keep flicking the windscreen wipers on. It feels comically perfect. We’re headed high into the mountains to spend ...
Government researchers have raised concerns over continued encroachment on forest land, warning that the vice, coupled with inadequate funding and rising demand for wood products, is undermining ...
Today, March 21, is the International Day of Forests. We have commemorated this important day since 2012 after the United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution to acknowledge the significant ...