This year’s ECOTRUST Annual Stakeholders Event, to be held under the theme “LIVING IN HARMONY WITH NATURE: Building Climate Resilient Communities and Sustainable Landscapes” – will give prominence to ECOTRUST’s post 2020 CBD (Convention on Biological Diversity) vision and the launch of the organization’s new five-year strategic vision. During this […]
Residents and civil society groups under the Save Bugoma Forest campaign have since May 2021 been waging an uphill legal battle to protect the largest remaining block of natural tropical woodland in Uganda from destruction as part of the controversial sugarcane development project by Hoima Sugar Works. Located 250km (155 […]
The Consortium of African Funds for the Environment (CAFÉ) is a membership-based network of Environmental Funds (EFs) or Conservation Trust Funds (CTFs) in Africa that has been operating since 2011. Annually, CAFÉ members meet for their general assembly. This year, BIOFUND – The Foundation for Conservation of Biodiversity hosted the […]
ECOTRUST delivered a one-hour virtual talk to the management and staff of Standard Chartered Bank Uganda (SCB (U)) on 8th October 2021 on the critical importance of subscribing to the Net Zero Agenda, as part of the Banks internal awareness campaign on achieving Net Zero Emissions by 2040. By sharing […]
The Farmers Voice Radio (FVR) for Mount Elgon project, coordinated by ECOTRUST and supported by the Lorna Young Foundation (LYF)) with funding from Guernsey Overseas Aid and Development Commission (GOADC) and co-finance from Rainforest Alliance came to an end in September 2021. The 12-month (August 2020 – September 2021) project […]
ECOTRUST hosted a team of consultants from the EU (European Union) at her forestry project sites in Mitooma and Rubirizi districts – Queen Elizabeth Landscape – Uganda on the 3rd of October 2021. The visit was part an EU forestry mission in Uganda to undertake a forest sector and stakeholder […]
ECOTRUST took part in the COP 15 NGO Forum, one of the eight parallel events of the 15th Conference of the Parties (COP15) of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), an important event of the “Sharm El-Sheikh to Kunming Action Agenda for Nature and People”. The forum seeks to bring […]
ECOTRUST participated in The IUCN World Conservation Congress (IUCN WCC) in Marseille- France from the 3rd – 11th of September 2021. The IUCN World Conservation Congress, held once every four years, is where the world comes together to set priorities and drive conservation and sustainable development action. The congress offers […]
The Murchison landscape MoMo4C Project is calling for innovative green propositions to support the development of nascent Business Plans of 10 Communal Land Associations (CLA) into full-blown Business Cases for the Sustainable Management of community forests as buffers to the Budongo Forest Reserve -while at the same time, enabling the CLA members to benefit from them.
The report is part of a series of case studies that provide insights into various mechanisms used to increase access to finance for smallholder farmers, SMEs and communities in their efforts to contribute to sustainable landscapes. The case studies focus on the strategies used by various stakeholders to reduce the risks of selected financial flows for investors, intermediaries and recipients. These case studies follow up on recommendations made by participants in the consultative process on innovative finance for sustainable landscapes. The goal is to provide more evidence of successful strategies in order to increase access to finance for smallholder farmers, SMEs and communities.
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