After months of preparations, Kara-Tunga Foundation launches tree planting for Karamoja Conservation Zones initiative.
During Kara-Tunga’s 8 years of operations, it has seen woodlands vanishing in just days. Fully loaded lorries exporting charcoal to the capital city. Illegal logging on commercial scale and exploitation of rural communities.
Drivers of threats
Poverty, lack of alternative income and a soaring demand have fuelled an environmental disaster. The effects are visible with a looming 5th failed rainfall season in a row. Besides crop failure, it is also jeopardising decades of peace-full coexistence due to scarcity of natural resources.
Kara-Tunga Foundation
As social enterprise, they are not able to solve this scale of a problem alone. They therefore launched our not-for-profit to develop sustainable answers with equitable partners.
Intervention
Kara-Tunga’s first project is called The *Karamoja Conservation Zones* Initiative. It focuses on mitigating the drivers of deforestation through supporting community conservation enterprises in key biodiversity areas on high environmental pressure by adjacent communities. Secondly on restoring degraded land and thirdly on improving the management and protection.
Uganda made it back to the honorable list of best destinations to visit in 2023 by CNN Travel. The listing highlights the new national focus on community tourism and adventure tourism, with special mention for the National Cycling Trail including the Ateker Trail through Karamoja.
The French Embassy in Uganda invited stakeholders from Uganda’s tourism and agro-business sector to share thoughts on how to harness bi-lateral relationship between France and Uganda. The meeting was attended by our secretary Theo Vos and other tourism entrepreneurs and government representatives.
Final touches to Karamoja Tourist Information Centre in Moroto – After almost 2 years of operating from our humble guesthouse, we decided to find a more visible space in town…
Things to do in Abim – Abim is a unique geographical location with rugged mountains and lush green vegetation. The people of Abim do not identify themselves with their Karimojong or Lango neighbours, they find themselves unique and go by the name of Ethur.
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Kara-Tunga launches tree planting Karamoja Conservation Zones
After months of preparations, Kara-Tunga Foundation launches tree planting for Karamoja Conservation Zones initiative.
During Kara-Tunga’s 8 years of operations, it has seen woodlands vanishing in just days. Fully loaded lorries exporting charcoal to the capital city. Illegal logging on commercial scale and exploitation of rural communities.
Drivers of threats
Poverty, lack of alternative income and a soaring demand have fuelled an environmental disaster. The effects are visible with a looming 5th failed rainfall season in a row. Besides crop failure, it is also jeopardising decades of peace-full coexistence due to scarcity of natural resources.
Kara-Tunga Foundation
As social enterprise, they are not able to solve this scale of a problem alone. They therefore launched our not-for-profit to develop sustainable answers with equitable partners.
Intervention
Kara-Tunga’s first project is called The *Karamoja Conservation Zones* Initiative. It focuses on mitigating the drivers of deforestation through supporting community conservation enterprises in key biodiversity areas on high environmental pressure by adjacent communities. Secondly on restoring degraded land and thirdly on improving the management and protection.
Partners
Funded by the great people of World Land Trust and in collaboration with Kijani Forestry, EyeOpenerWorks, NARO Uganda, National Forestry Authority.
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