President Museveni again moves against Uganda's forests
mongabay.com
December 11, 2006
Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni has again taken action against rainforest conservation in Uganda, moving to hand a protected forest reserve over to private agricultural interests intent on clearing trees, according to a report from Reuters.
Museveni asked for the resignation of Olav Bjella, executive director of the National Forest Authority, after Bjella refused to allow the president to handover a protected forest reserve on Bugala island in Lake Victoria to oil palm developers.
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