Uganda: Deforestation in Gulu Poses Environmental Risks
- Author:
- NTV Uganda
- Publisher:
- NTV Uganda
- Publication Date:
- 15 February 2013
- Tags:
- Uganda, Environment, Land and Rural Issues
An Environmental disaster is looming in northern Uganda because of the indiscriminate cutting of trees. The practice is encouraged by land owners who lease their land to businessmen who then cut the trees for charcoal burning before transporting them to Kampala and other Districts.
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