The article highlights the strong relationship between livelihoods and deforestation. The Kara-Tunga Foundation project focuses greatly on tackling the root causes of deforestation: poverty, crop failure, and lack of alternative livelihoods.
We do so by supporting the incubation of agroforestry businesses and climate-smart agriculture with small-holder farmers. Only then, we can talk about restoring and improving the protection of our natural resources.
Bicycles for conservation in Karamoja – To reduce the carbon footprint and cost of our operations, we have ordered Ugandan-made reliable and strong bicycles from a fantastic social enterprise called CooP-Uganda (Cycling Out Of Poverty).
November 2022 – SunBird Hill Biodiversity Research Team conducted a baseline fauna inventory during a 7-day survey. The survey focused on the so-called Karamoja Conservation Zones of Mount Moroto and Mount Kadam – Pian Upe.
A joint team from the Field Museum, Roosevelt University, and Makerere University recently concluded an intensive mammal species inventory on the rugged slopes of Mount Morungole, Karamoja, from July 22nd to August 3rd, 2016. This expedition, documented under JCK 9900-10277, sheds new light on the diverse and often elusive mammal fauna inhabiting this remote and …
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Karamoja Conservation Zones in Ugandan newspaper
The Karamoja Conservation Zones initiative is featured in the Ugandan New Vision newspaper.
The article highlights the strong relationship between livelihoods and deforestation. The Kara-Tunga Foundation project focuses greatly on tackling the root causes of deforestation: poverty, crop failure, and lack of alternative livelihoods.
We do so by supporting the incubation of agroforestry businesses and climate-smart agriculture with small-holder farmers. Only then, we can talk about restoring and improving the protection of our natural resources.
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