Day two of the Focal Points Meeting for the East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Network is off to a start with a recap of day one. The recap sets the context for the ongoing conversations and activities planned for today. #7thFocalPointsMeetingEHAHRD-Net

Happy Independence Day-Uganda🇺🇬🌳 “It’s the little things citizens do, that’s what makes the difference, my little thing is planting/growing Trees” ~Wangari Mathai.

Thank you for spearheading this reflection. Indeed our challenges are unique especially for EHRDs because of the high politicization and militarization of the environment and the natural resources sectors in the region. Every power centre in Uganda is investing and building in

COP29 Green Zone | Day 6 Highlights (16.11.2024) #COP29 #COP29Azerbaijan

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Happy International Women’s Day. All through this Women’s Month, we celebrate those courageous& outstanding Women serving their communities through conservation. #Accelerate Action

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Today 21 March, 2025, is International Day of Forests, Theme: ‘Forests & Food’, the day highlights the critical role Forests play in supporting food Security to sustain life, Forests is an economic and food lifeline providing up to 20% of family income enhancing diets.⁦

Cross frontier illicit trade in Forest product is a threat to biodiversity-the vice is a drawback to conservation efforts in WestNile region neighboring restive regions of South Sudan &DR.Congo.📰👇🏿 monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/na…

Earth Day recognizes the Earth as humanity’s home& giver of livelihoods, counter Climate Change, & stop collapse of biodiversity Mother Earth is signaling a call to ACTION now. ⁦⁦Denmark in Uganda⁩ ⁦Embassy of Sweden in Kampala⁩ ⁦Ireland in Uganda⁩ ⁦Embassy of the Netherlands in Uganda⁩ 🇩🇰🇮🇪🇳🇱🇸🇪🌍

Live from Radio Amani in Adjumani this #InternationalMotherEarthDay, we dove deep into the power of community in protecting our environment. From indigenous knowledge to local clean-ups and youth action, the future is in our hands. Let’s #ActLocalThinkGlobal and stand together

Happening Now! Defenders Protection Initiative (DPI), through the Land and Environmental Defenders Task Force (LEDTAF), is hosting a Focus Group Discussion with land and environmental rights defenders. The session is gathering critical experiences, challenges, and policy

Dialogue:- Communities in Adjumani district are finding a middle ground in hernesing Non-Timber Forest products(NTFPs) for a long term benefits in place of:- total Timber cutting, charcoal burning & Logging. Denmark in Uganda Ireland in Uganda Embassy of the Netherlands in Uganda Embassy of Sweden in Kampala 🇩🇰🇮🇪🇳🇱🇸🇪

Community dialogue: Host and Refugee communities in Adjumani district are rooting for a tight fraternal relationships to produce more food whilst supporting Environmental conservation. This mutual arrangement will see, the hosts allot more land for Refugees to grow food to