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Agric. & Environment

What is the secret behind rising forest cover?

The trees are helping to change Mt. Elgon, which is branded as “a place of landslides and floods.”

Natal Itirima a resident of Awahill village in Terego district shows teak-trees which are fast-growing species. (Credit: Gerald Tenywa)
By: NewVision Reporter, Journalists @NewVision


Trees help to fight climate change, loss of biodiversity and poverty. However, tree growing among smallholder farmers in Uganda has picked up, but not to the required level.

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Environment
Climate change
Tree planting