ECOTRUST – The Environmental Conservation Trust of Uganda

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The Environmental Conservation Trust of Uganda

Conservation of Biodiversity

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Dedicated to

Promoting InnovativeSustainableInclusiveEnvironmental Management

ECOTRUST works with different communities and stakeholders to conserve natural resources and biodiversity while at the same time contributing to poverty alleviation, wealth creation, inclusive growth and resilience of communities against the risks associated with climate change.

Vision

A Healthy Environment With Prosperous People

Mission

To Conserve Biological Diversity and Enhance Social Welfare By Promoting Innovative and Sustainable Environmental Management

Goal

To Provide Sustained Funding for Conservation in Uganda

Featured Projects

Eradicating Poverty One Ton of C02 at a Time

ECOTRUSTs Trees for Global Benefits Programme (TGB) as of 2016, commanded about 1.8% of the voluntary carbon market share, reaching a milestone of 1,321.85 ha of farmland for 1,533 farmers, yielding an equivalent to 1 million tons of carbon worth USD 6 million. By the end of 2020, TGB was just shy of 2million tons with over 10,000 farmers

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Hectares of land under forestry / agro-forestry

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Smallholder farmers with PES agreements

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$ PES payments made to participants annually

Key Result Areas

ECOTRUST operations are based on a business model approach, which builds on the premise that ECOTRUST is a not-for-profit organization yet committed to cutting itself a niche in conservation financing. This model requires ECOTRUST to supply goods and services to communities, stakeholders, the public and funding agencies, the latter forming the demand side or its market segment. ECOTRUST products and services are supplied through its Key Results Areas (KRAs) as determined in the company strategic plan 2017 to 2021.

Rural Livelihood and Resilience in High Climate Risk Areas Built

Objective:

To build the capacity of households, communities, and their natural capital to prevent, mitigate or cope with risk and recover from climate induced shocks.

This KRA is ECOTRUST’s contribution to Sustainable Development Goal 13. It seeks to build the capacity of households, communities and their natural capital to prevent, mitigate or cope with risk, and recover from climate induced shocks. In addition, this Key result area contributes to Sustainable Development Goals 8 and 15.

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Private Land Trust Management in Fragile Corridors

Objective:

To promote sustainable investments and consumption of resources.

This programme area is dedicated to improving the management of land outside the protected area system through the Land Trust.

The programme initiated right at the formation of ECOTRUST was in realization that important Wildlife Corridors on privately owned land were under threats from sustainable use and bred conflicts between the protection agencies; UWA and NFA. This KRA contributes to the SDGs 6,7, 8 and 12

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Integrity and functionality of protected natural capital

Objective:

To enhance the flow of environmental services in support of socio-economic transformation.

This KRA contributes to Sustainable Development Goal 15: “Protect, restore and promote use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss.”

It focuses on enhancing the flow of environmental services in support of socio-economic transformation in Protected Areas. The KRA contributes to Sustainable development Goal 15.

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Institutional re-engineering and capitalization of ECOTRUST for long term sustainability

Objective

This KRA contributes to Sustainable Development Goal 17- “Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize global partnerships for sustainable development.”

It is the foundation strategy on which the achievement of other strategies will depend. In that regard, improvement, and benchmarking of ECOTRUST’s governance, staffing, remuneration, capacity building, policies, systems and public relations against best practices for similar organizations will be key.

ECOTRUST will also seek sponsorship for the twinning of its staff to other CSOs or NGOs under the auspices of South- South Cooperation and North-South Cooperation as a strategy for capacity building to acquire skills in expertise it is falling short.

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Building Partnerships for Conservation

Programmes

Our main focus stays true to our Mission, ’To conserve natural resources and enhance social welfare by promoting innovative and sustainable environment management in Uganda.’

Trees for Global Benefits

Mpologoma Catchment Restoration

Mobilizing More 4 Climate (MoMo4C)

WLT Corridor Restoration

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Featured Projects

Trees for Global Benefits

Renewable Energy Programme

Mobilizing More 4 Climate (MoMo4C)

Eradicating Poverty One Ton of C02 at a Time

Hectares of land under forestry / agro-forestry

Smallholder farmers with PES agreements

$ PES payments made to participants annually

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Objective

Building Partnerships for Conservation

Programmes

Trees for Global Benefits

Mpologoma Catchment Restoration

Mobilizing More 4 Climate (MoMo4C)

WLT Corridor Restoration

Upcoming Event: The ECOTRUST Annual Stakeholders Event

The Campaign to Save Bugoma Forest

The 11th CAFÉ General Assembly 2021

Virtual Tree Planting Campaign with Standard Chartered

FVR Mount Elgon Project Comes to An

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