Uganda, Trees for global Benefits

• Project Documents

A profile of ECOTRUST - the Environmental Conservation Trust of Uganda 2007. ECOTRUST - Building Partnerships to Conserve Uganda's Natural Heritage.

A newsletter from Ecotrust contains the latest news from the Trees for global Benefits Plan Vivo project (May 2008). This includes images from the Commonwealth Heads of Governmnet meeting in Kampala (December 2007) at the People's Space in which Trees for global Benefits was chosen as one of three projects which HRH Prince Charles, Prince of Wales visited.

Technical Speficiations

A number of technical specifications have been developed using the Plan Vivo System. Available on this website is a library of technical specifications which have been reviewed and approved by PlanVivo.org.

Please note this review process is on-going at all times, in the meantime please contact us for details of the following specifications:

Maesopsis Technical Specification

This is a sole species woodlot using the species Maesopsis emini and this technical specification details the methods for the management of farm land under this system.

Mixed Native Woodlot Technical Specification

This land use methodology involves planting a variety of indigenous timber species on small farm plots in an agroforestry system.

Annual reports

2007

2006

2005

2004

Technical information

Farmer training for the new participants was undertaken in Hoima and Masindi in 2007.

BR&D visit to Uganda June 2006. A report based on findings and points of action.

BR&D visit to Uganda December 2007. A report based on findings and points of action.

• Published papers

These will be available for download shortly.

• Presentations

Pauline Nantongo Kalunda executive director of ECOTRUST has spoken recently about the threat of climate change (transcript available).

• Recommended reading

National ownership in the implementation of global climate policy in Uganda. Olsen, K.H. (2006) Climate Policy 5, 599-612.

Assessment of the potential economic benefits of Carbon trade to Uganda - Bwango Apuuli, an MBA thesis 2004.

Carbon Trading Pilot Project: A Socio-Economic Assessment for CARE Uganda. Matthew Owen, July 2003.

Enhancing socio-economic and environmental benefits of carbon sequestration for disadvantaged local communities in Uganda. Hauselmann 2003

National Biomass Study, Forest Department, Uganda 2002

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