We are proud to support the first two Collaborative Forest Management (CFM) Groups of southern Karamoja with Karamoja Conservation Zones Initiative.
The CFM group in an effort of Uganda Government National Forestry Authority to improve forest conservation and the livelihoods of forest-adjacent communities.
Karamoja is unique compared to other Central Forest Reservers in Uganda. The region’s indigenous minority groups have lived within the reserves far before gazettement of the protected areas in colonial days. The CFM group is therefore an important tool for the government and the community to collaborate.
Through our Karamoja Conservation Zones initiative, their first activities are restoration of degraded areas, deployment of patrolmen to improve monitoring, development of community tourism activities and conducting agroforestry activities as income generating activities in designated areas.
The CFM Groups
Protected area: Mount Kadam Central Forest Reserve
Name: Moruajore Environment Conservation Association (MECA)
Members: 204
Protected area: Mount Moroto Central Forest Reserve
Name: Agoma Group (Forest in Tepeth indigenous language)
Members: 426
Kara-Tunga Foundation – under the Karamoja Conservation Zones initiative – has trained farmers in Moroto and Nakapiripirit District in the basics of beekeeping. The training prepares farmers to manage beehives which will be placed in the Conservation Zones.
International bird observations platform eBird approved the Pian Upe Eco Camp as bird watching hotspot. This is a great achievement of Kara-Tunga Foundation‘s – Karamoja Conservation Zones initiative who established the camp as research and monitoring centre.
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Supporting Collaborative Forest Management Groups (CFM) in southern Karamoja
We are proud to support the first two Collaborative Forest Management (CFM) Groups of southern Karamoja with Karamoja Conservation Zones Initiative.
The CFM group in an effort of Uganda Government National Forestry Authority to improve forest conservation and the livelihoods of forest-adjacent communities.
Karamoja is unique compared to other Central Forest Reservers in Uganda. The region’s indigenous minority groups have lived within the reserves far before gazettement of the protected areas in colonial days. The CFM group is therefore an important tool for the government and the community to collaborate.
Through our Karamoja Conservation Zones initiative, their first activities are restoration of degraded areas, deployment of patrolmen to improve monitoring, development of community tourism activities and conducting agroforestry activities as income generating activities in designated areas.
The CFM Groups
Protected area: Mount Kadam Central Forest Reserve
Name: Moruajore Environment Conservation Association (MECA)
Members: 204
Protected area: Mount Moroto Central Forest Reserve
Name: Agoma Group (Forest in Tepeth indigenous language)
Members: 426
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