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The project is located in Buikwe District, Ssi-Bukunja Sub-county, Zittwe Parish and Nalumuli Village. The site of the project the whole sub-county of Ssi-Bukunja which is one of the few sub-counties in the greater Mukono that still have significant natural forest cover which is largely owned and managed by private entities and individuals. The objective of this project is to “Quantify Tree Diversity, Carbon Stocks, and Carbon Sequestration Potential of Nalumuli forest”. The managers of this forest in partnership with Regenerate Africa, Solid Options Company Ltd andGreat Outdoors have agreed to have the 540 Acre (218.52 Ha) forest managed as a model privately owned natural forest. This forest is one of 13 privately owned natural forest parcels in the sub-county. Information obtained will be used to prepare management and conservation plan for the forest. The information will also be used to prepare a feasibility of encouraging sustainable management all forests and agricultural lands in Ssi-Bukunja Sub-county for generation of verifiable and certifiable ecosystem (biodiversity conservation, carbon sequestration, watershed, soil conservation and recreational) services. The project has the following specific objectives: Determine baseline plant composition (trees, treelets, vines/climbers, shrubs, epiphytes and herbaceous vegetation (Bailey 2003)) diversity of Nalumuli forestDetermine baseline forest/vegetation…
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The project geographical focus is in selected six (6) districts in Uganda i.e. 3 in the Lake Victoria Basin (i.e. Mukono, Buikwe and Kayunga) and 3 in the Mt. Elgon Region i.e. Bukwo, Kapchorwa, and Kween The project objective is, ´´to enhance small scale coffee farming communities’ resilience to climate shocks and stresses and increase benefits to communities from coffee, multiple-use trees and other crops in targeted regions.´´ The project will contribute towards achievement of the Government of Uganda commitments in respect to increasing coffee production and productivity at farm level in a sustainable way that addresses the social, ecological and economic dimension. Furthermore, to promote the environmental and biodiversity conservation practices in the coffee contributes towards implementation of Government of Uganda priorities as stipulated in the Vision 2040, Uganda Green Growth Strategy, National Development Plan, Climate Change Policy and its Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC), Energy Policy and National Forest Policy. Overall, the project’s long-term impacts is, ´´A resilient and productive coffee farming community; Increased forest cover resulting from expanded agroforestry uptake, natural forest protection and restoration; use of efficient cook stoves; and establishment of dedicated fuel woodlots; Sustained incomes that are over and above the coffee farmers poverty levels;…
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