USAID To Help Rukungiri Park Villages

Sep 19, 2001

THE Environmental Conservation Trust of Uganda, USAID and DANIDA are to assist the Queen Elizabeth park protected area and surrounding communities in Bwambara sub-county in Rukungiri in raising awareness on sustainable resource management, reports James Bakunzi.

THE Environmental Conservation Trust of Uganda, USAID and DANIDA are to assist the Queen Elizabeth park protected area and surrounding communities in Bwambara sub-county in Rukungiri in raising awareness on sustainable resource management, reports James Bakunzi. The ECOTRUST programme manager, Fred Mukholi, said USAID had granted US$2.4m in the first phase to support parts of south-western Uganda in environmental conservation. He said the project will be implemented by Rukungiri district farmers’ association by increasing vegetation cover through growing indigenous multipurpose trees and wood lots in 48 villages. Ends

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