If you liked this story, share it with other people. Mabira is a surviving fragment of lowland forest that’s now an important refuge for a diverse range of animals and plants in central Uganda. The ...

Earlier this year, conservation group Nature Uganda launched a forest restoration project aimed at restoring degraded areas and reducing illegal harvesting of forest products in Mabira Central Forest ...

The National Forestry Authority apprehended a group suspected of illegal forest activities in Uganda's Mabira Central Forest Reserve. According to local reports, the men were accused of various ...

Prolonged water stagnation in Mabira Forest has raised concern among environmental authorities, with flooding threatening the root systems of indigenous trees and disrupting the delicate balance of ...

Carpenter Jon Katangole fears he will lose his livelihood when bulldozers come to destroy one of Uganda's last patches of rainforest. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ...

Scientists are combing rain forests around the world for potential cures for cancer and other ailments, but the residents near Uganda’s last rain forests are are not waiting around for a multinational ...

KAMPALA, Uganda (eTN) – In the recent “state of the nation” address by Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni he again took a swipe at conservation groups over the Mabira Forest give away to a sugar baron ...

Kampala — THE National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) has opposed the degazetting of part of Mabira forest for sugarcane growing, reports Gerald Tenywa. "Considering the importance of Mabira, ...

Uganda is taking action to protect its rapidly disappearing forests. For the first time, that effort includes holding government staff accountable. According to The Observer, the country's National ...

Kampala — I would like to commend The New Vision for highlighting the fact that Uganda's forest cover is disappearing at a rate of 2% per year, and that at this rate we will have no forests in the ...

MABIRA FOREST RESERVE (Reuters) - The idea of destroying a swathe of rainforest, home to hundreds of rare species, to clear land for a sugar plantation is an environmentalist's worst nightmare. Sign ...