The Business of Conservation Conference 2026 is currently underway in Nairobi- Kenya, bringing together leaders from across Africa and beyond to discuss how conservation can become a sustainable business that benefits both nature and people. The conference, held from March 4-7 at the Radisson Blu Hotel Nairobi Upper Hill, is […]
On Tuesday 18th March 2025, ECOTRUST, together with a team from the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA), visited the Alimugonza Community Forest in Pakanyi sub-county, Masindi District. The visit aimed to assess the progress of ECOTRUST’s biodiversity conservation and restoration initiatives within the Murchison Falls Landscape.
The workshop, organized by ECOTRUST, brought together partner organizations to gain insights into a 5-year community carbon project for RESTORE Africa. Program Managers from RESAF consortium partners joined to understand the design of the Global Evergreening Alliance (GEA) carbon component and align their conservation business models. Participating organizations included CRS, ULN, Caritas, CARE, ICRAF & World Vision
The 1998 Land Act of Uganda spelled out that a given community with an identified common resource can form a Communal Land Association (CLA) to collectively manage the resource for the good of the community. The different resources included grazing lands, communal hunting grounds and forests. In 2001, a Masindi […]
Following the formation of Communal Land Associations (CLA) to support the management of eleven (11) community forests in the Northern Albertine Rift, ECOTRUST has now embarked on a process of developing an incentive plan to enable the implementation of improved forest management plans. Although outside the protected area system, these […]
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