Organic farming offers hope for the future. It prioritizes soil health, biodiversity, reduces pollution and others which is a crucial step towards a more sustainable food system. AFIEGO Fridays For Future Uganda Food Rights Alliance - FRA ESAFF Uganda

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LANDSLIDES—16 dead and 50 families displaced in Bunyangabu, Kasese district of Uganda.

Activists – esp. women, in Bolivian Indigenous communities have reported discrimination & violence for opposing harmful mining operations. Canadian company #SantaCruzSilverMining implicated as activists call on United Nations to help resolve the situation.
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The #EACOP project has left a trail of devastation in its wake. Gloria shares a story of pain and resistance ' a stressful and hard life: That is the legacy of EACOP in my life' StopEACOP GreenFaith Africa Climate Action Network International (CAN)

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Reprisals and attacks related to business have been rampant in Uganda amidst EACOP development. University student activists Students Against Eacop Uganda🇺🇬 StopEACOP Uganda have faced reprisals for drawing attention to human rights abuses faced by oil communities. StopEACOP
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🆕 We recorded 630 attacks against people raising concerns about harmful business in 2023, affecting around 20,000 people.

Our annual analysis breaks down the data—revealing a persistent pattern of attacks against #HRDs protecting our rights & planet 🧵1/ business-humanrights.org/en/from-us/bri…

Government of Uganda EACOP UNOC Ministry of Energy Uganda PAU_Uganda StopEACOP Center for International Environmental Law ELAW AIFE KIIZA ERON Youth For Green Communities (YGC). Centre for Environmental Research and Agriculture Les Amis de la Terre FR Government of Uganda has filed suits against some of the people to pave way for their forceful eviction. Ugandans must task government & TotalEnergies Uganda to stop unfair compensation practices!

💥While Government of Uganda officials are reporting that all or nearly all the land needed for the EACOP, Tilenga & Kingfisher oil projects has been acquired, poor families are still battling court cases to stop 🛑the acquisition of their land without adequate compensation. UNOC

Explore the beauties about Ithoya forest, where nature's splendor awaits!

The forest is home to chimpanzees, mangabeys, baboons, monkeys, various species of indigenous trees, botanical biodiversity and fauna

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✍️We're delighted to collaborate with DENIVA under their Community of Practice on self Regulation, an initiative that seeks to improve compliance to the legal regulatory framework, #CoherentNGOs ought to prioritise Self-inspection to ensure their safety and credibility.

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🌿 Forum is shedding light on CSO reflections regarding the Asian Development Bank Draft ESF and proposed changes in safeguards policy.

We'll discuss recommendations to safeguard project-affected individuals and…

🚨🔥AFIEGO has published a research brief on the impact of CNOOC Uganda Limited & TotalEnergies Uganda's Kingfisher & Tilenga oil projects respectively on Lake Albert fisherfolk. The projects have affected fishers' access to fishing grounds among others. Read: afiego.org/wp-content/upl… 🔥🔥

1/2 Over the past two weeks, AFIEGO held community sensitisation and updates gatherings meetings with oil-affected households from eight districts in Uganda. During the engagements, communities maintained that EACOP compensated them poorly & they are suffering todate ...

EACOP TotalEnergies Uganda PAU_Uganda UNOC StopEACOP Youth For Green Communities (YGC). Centre for Environmental Research and Agriculture Women for Green Economy Movement Uganda Les Amis de la Terre FR BankTrack Nakabuye Hilda F. 2/2 ... The EACOP-affected persons also reported gaps in EACOP 's livelihood restoration programme, increased human-wildlife conflicts due to TotalEnergies Uganda's Tilenga project in Murchison Falls National Park, increased gender-based violence & others.

Absolutely 💯. The youth are social actors with skills and abilities to bring constructive solutions to their own and world problems.

Helping young people lead in finding solutions, driving development, and supporting sustainability is really important for making things better in the future.
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kabagenyi mary StopEACOP Initiative For Green Planet Uganda(IGPU) Green Conservers Centre for Environmental Research and Agriculture Youth For Green Communities (YGC). Women Initiative on Climate and Environment AIFE Mike Hudema Rise Up Movement Tanzania Climate Justice Tz EACOP EACOP is a carbon bomb project set to affect Eco-sensitive areas including Ramsar wetlands.

A third of EACOP is to be constructed in Lake Victoria basin, the main source of water inflow into most water bodies

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