Protect Uganda's Cranes & Restore Wetland Habitat

Dear Donor,

Healthy land is essential for productive agriculture, thriving ecosystems, and resilient rural communities. However, unsustainable land-use practices can contribute to soil erosion, declining vegetation cover, and the degradation of habitats that support biodiversity.

Uganda Wildlife Society is working with communities in the Albertine Rift to promote more sustainable approaches to natural resource management, recognizing that healthy landscapes benefit both people and wildlife.

Through farmer training, practical demonstrations, and tree-growing initiatives, the Society encourages households to adopt responsible land-management practices suited to their local conditions. These approaches include integrating trees into farming systems, protecting existing vegetation, managing grazing areas responsibly, and restoring degraded land.

Trees can help stabilize soil, contribute organic matter, provide shade, and improve the structure of farming landscapes. When combined with appropriate agricultural practices, they can help reduce environmental pressures and improve the long-term productivity of land.

Community participation is central to this work. Farmers possess valuable knowledge of their local environment, and their involvement helps ensure that conservation practices are practical, locally appropriate, and more likely to continue.

We appreciate the support of our partners and the commitment of participating communities to improving the way natural resources are managed.

By protecting the land today, we help safeguard biodiversity, agricultural livelihoods, and environmental health for tomorrow.

Thank you for supporting sustainable natural resource management in Uganda

Dear Donor,

We are excited to share our continued efforts to restore degraded landscapes and promote sustainable tree growing among smallholder households in Buliisa District, within Uganda's ecologically important Albertine Rift region.

Through the project Empowering Communities for Sustainable Natural Resource Management in the Albertine Rift – Buliisa Region, Uganda Wildlife Society has worked with smallholder households to promote tree planting as a practical solution to environmental degradation and a pathway toward more diversified livelihoods.

With support from the Ecosystems Alliance Project, participating households have contributed to an important restoration milestone: more than 195,000 trees planted through the initiative.

Tree planting helps improve vegetation cover, protect vulnerable soils, support biodiversity, and strengthen the resilience of landscapes facing environmental pressures. When trees are integrated into suitable farming systems, they can also provide future opportunities for timber, poles, fuelwood, and other products, depending on the species and responsible harvesting practices.

Our work emphasizes that planting trees is only the beginning. Long-term success requires watering, protecting young seedlings, replacing losses where possible, and monitoring tree survival.

By working directly with farmers, UWS is promoting a conservation approach that combines environmental restoration with community participation and sustainable land management.

We sincerely thank the Ecosystems Alliance Project and participating households for their contribution to this important work.

Together, we are growing trees, restoring landscapes, and investing in a greener future for the Albertine Rift.