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World Environment Day 2026: dfcu Bank and UTGA Champion Climate Resilience Through Tree Planting and Grower Training – The Voice Uganda HomeBusinessWorld Environment Day 2026: dfcu Bank and UTGA Champion Climate Resilience Through Tree Planting and Grower Training …

× Environmental advocates have called for urgent strengthening of Uganda’s environmental laws, urging government to make tree planting a mandatory requirement in all development approvals and to enforce tougher penalties against wetland destruction, amid growing concerns over unchecked urban expansion and weakening ecological protection systems. My Tree Initiative Executive Director, Ashiraf Enjer Ddumba, said existing policies are insufficient to protect …

UGANDA, Busoga | Real Muloodi News | The Church of Uganda’s Busoga Diocese has launched a large-scale tree planting campaign aimed to protect church land from encroachment while promoting productive land use. The initiative, led by diocesan leadership, seeks to address rising concerns over land grabbing affecting church properties across eastern Uganda. Church officials say the project will not only …

Equity Bank Uganda in partnership with the Umukuka wa Bugisu, the cultural leader of the Bamasaba, and Gro Foundation has launched a major tree planting initiative aimed at decarbonizing dumping sites and promoting environmental conservation in Bugisu subregion. The project, covering eight acres around the major dumping site in Mbale city, will see the planting of trees that will act …