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Topic for discussion
| Mabira forest giveaway hosted by Richard Komakech/Adminstrator |
Cabinet has agreed to give away part of Mabira forest for sugar cane growing. What is your reaction?
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| MABIRA FOREST GIVE AWAY, HOW LITTLE DOES THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE COUNT!!!! authored by Adrian on 13. March 2010 at 12:26 |
Its seems that we have not been listened to over the last few years. The voices of reasoned protest are ignored.
There is so much land in Uganda under scrub and poor vegetation currently of little value for nature or commercial purposes.
But Mabira is very conveniently situated to a major highway and existing sugar plantations and thats all that seems to matter.
Easy money!!!
I am sure great financial benefits will come to those at the higher levels involved in the deal process.
Never mind that if you look around Lake Victoria's shore there is very little forest left. Forests are a valuable water sponge allowing slow release of rain and stabilising soil. Also they are able to generate small local weather patterns of frequent thunderstorms, rains benefitting all growing cropsand living in the surrounding area.
Once it has gone you can never get it back. Surely sugar grows almost anywhere!!!
Uganda "Gifted by Nature" they say.....And shall we now waste those gifts!!
Keep posting, keep talking and please if you love your country and people remember elections and get involved in politics. We need politicians who care more about The country and people as a whole than $.
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| authored by Evelyn on 12. March 2010 at 21:12 |
This should have been laid to rest after the violence.
Oh please! |
| It is a foolish idea authored by epn peter paul on 9. March 2010 at 20:22 |
The ugandan cabinent should think twice and should have learned a lesson from Bududa mudslides.Who are you to
giveaway and destroy what GOD blessed the nation with?
People are dying because of th same ignorance and you dare open your mouth and hands to giveaway Mabira SHAME ON YOU THE SO CALLED CABINENT.J J MAGAL BUDUDA. |
| Mabira forest give away is a bad idea by Muhamud authored by Muhamud on 1. March 2010 at 03:56 |
| The giveaway of part of Mabira Forest will reduce vegetation in this catchment area leading to soil erosion and sediment loading. The quality and quantity of water in Lake Victoria will decline leading to the extinction of some fish species that spawn in shallower parts of the lake. Over time the lake will die and all the economic activities that depend on it will disappear. I am looking at a possibility of all hydroelectric dams along the great Nile drying up. What a catastrophe! |
| The destruction is bigger beyond Mabira authored by Oscar on 28. February 2010 at 20:47 |
| It's quite absurd that we can opt for an investment that may provide short term economic benefits at the expense of having a sustainable environment for the present and future generations. What is happening in Mabira is happening all over the country like Kiboga district where hundreds of natural trees are fell for charcoal every day. In the meantime families continue to lose livestock, crops and lives resulting from adverse drought, which is (correct me if am wrong) directly associated with destruction of the environment. |
| Foolish move authored by annet lule on 25. February 2010 at 23:31 |
| I believe the cabinet is losing it objectives and its goals why they were elected to protect the country and its nature. A learned person would look at decisions before making conclusions. I we need to protect our forestry or else we going to became a desert in the long run. I oppose this decisions and hope that people are able to protest about this bogus move this cabinet is doing. The government is working with self minds. Every one is there to grow big stomachs. |
| MABIRA GIVE AWAY NOT INFORMED DECISION authored by Atiku Brock on 18. February 2010 at 14:15 |
I think the cabinet should be briefed about the forest policy of uganda. I believe everybody in the 21st centuary knows the relationship between humans and forests and more so natual forests. It would be annoying to destroy our forests and beautiful natural resources since we have never been happy of the political and social interventions of our own people but only derived joy from nature.
Highlights of uganda forest policy staetements
1.The permanent natural forest estate under government trusteeship shall be protected and managed sustainably. (is giving it for sugar cane growing sustainable management? think of effects of monoculture and our generations to come.)
2.collaborative partnerships with rural communities will be developed for sustainable management of forests.(if we give away parts of the forest today and another tomorrow,what will the partnership manage forest or drought ?
It is always better to solve the cause of the problem than solving the effects
NOTE: Train more Environmentalists if We think Uganda should survive. |
| heading for disaster authored by lambert on 14. February 2010 at 20:02 |
| mabira and its proximity to lake victoria means ,reduced rainfall lake victoria water levels will plumit and another lake chad will be created from africas largest to just a seasonal lake.there is a price to pay for everythingt |
| authored by Evelyn on 8. February 2010 at 23:36 |
| I though t this shitty idea died a permanent death |
| foolish decision authored by kalengera on 3. February 2010 at 19:53 |
This is a foolish decision made by a foolish cabinet the effects of which will be felt for generations to come.
Even a small child can understand that deforestation is a recipe for disaster; go and ask the people of Haiti if you don't believe me.
What we sorely need here in this country is a 'thinking' cabinet; not this bunch of yes-men who have their heads stuck so far up their rectums and are unaware of the consequences of their 'deliberations'... |
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