President Museveni again moves against Uganda's forests

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.

Museveni's decision comes as he faces criticism for a plan that would allow another developer to convert a third of Mabira forest reserve to sugar plantation.

This article used information from a Reuters report by Tim Cocks.

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