Securing Uganda’s Natural Resource Base in Protected Areas Project

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The proposed project will support forest monitoring and community livelihoods engagements of the National Forestry Authority and Uganda Wildlife Authority in key protected areas within the Albertine landscape. These activities have been severely affected by COVID-19.The project will support UWA and NFA protection and forest restoration activities, including monitoring and patrolling activities, activities aimed at prevention of human-wildlife conflict, and restoration of forest cover through enrichment planting, using community labor as per standard procedures in use by these agencies. The project will also support livelihoods and employment opportunities in forest-adjacent communities, through provision of inputs for alternative livelihoods (both natural-resource based and not) to create innovative income streams for these communities and support job creation.