Deforestation

31 March 2026, 7:47 pm

Bududa farmers resort to deforestation as landslide-prone soils fail

By Shadrach Bethel Afayo Local small-scale farmers in the Elgon sub-region’s mountainous district of Bududa have resorted to clearing forests to create new farmland for crop cultivation. Since the return of the rainy season, many farmers in Bushika Sub county…

3 December 2025, 12:32 pm

Kayewa-Mukoto Forest ravaged by illegal logging in Eastern Uganda

By Gerald Welikhe Environmental catastrophe unfolds in Namisindwa as forests fall to stumps, sawdust, and charcoal Mukoto Sub county, Namisindwa District — The once-dense Kayewa-Mukoto forest, a critical watershed and climate buffer in eastern Uganda, has been reduced to a…