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Passionate, committed, entrepreneurial and visionary Gideon Ssekidde 35, is a forest contractor with many years of experience, gained while working with the National Forestry Authority (NFA) and Planet Green World-a private forest contracting firm. After about six years he embarked on what could...
School-going children are never too young to start learning about trees and forests because helping children to connect with nature, fosters future generations that are conscious of the benefits of trees and forests and the need to manage them sustainably. Schools should encourage and support...
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...
