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Ambassadors of European Union (EU) countries to Uganda commended the Government of Uganda and private investors, for engaging in commercial tree planting to help mitigate climate change and foster sustainable development through income generation. This was during a tour to Global Woods AG...
Adison Kakuru is a forester by profession and Director of Lincoln Consultsam, a private commercial forestry company in Uganda. Before embarking on tree planting, the 56-year old worked in various organizations and considers a job to be a service to humanity; helping to improve other peoples’...
One of the key hurdles to establishing new forest plantations in Uganda is finding suitable land in an appropriate location. Many forest plantation investors have to grapple with managing squatters who often encroach on their land, leaving small, disjointed pieces on which to plant trees. Other...
Exuberant, filled with ambition and great prospects for a bright future, Edward Wandera, 41, believes that his...
The Food and Agricuture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), through the Sawlog Production Grant Scheme (SPGS) III project, organized a...
The Steering Committee of the Sawlog Production Grant Scheme (SPGS) Phase III Project called for accelerated development, review and adoption of...
Improving skills and raising awareness about commercial forestry are key outcomes of the FAO/SPGS III Project. FAO is cognizant that commercial forestry in Uganda is still a...
SPGS III was part of the bigger FAO team which exhibited at the Annual Source of the Nile Agriculture Show, 2017- commonly referred to as the...
Operators of tree nurseries, under SPGS III were recognized for maintaining high quality standards in tree seedling...
