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BirdLife Partners applaud Uganda’s decision to drop Mabira Forest give-away
Conservationists across the BirdLife Partnership are welcoming news that the Ugandan government has dropped its plan to give away a third of Mabira Forest Reserve to provide land for sugarcane plantations.
The announcement came on Friday 19 October 2007, through a statement from the Uganda Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning.
Blue-throated Roller, one of 300 species in Mabira Forest,
July 2007 ?? Nik Borrow, from the surfbirds galleries
Mabira Forest Reserve (at over 30,000 hectares) is globally recognised by BirdLife as an Important Bird Area (IBA). The forest contains over 12% of plant species and 30% of bird species found in Uganda. The announcement follows months of intensive campaigning by a number of organisations, most notably NatureUganda (BirdLife in Uganda) with support from BirdLife’s Africa Division and by BirdLife Partners from a number of countries and territories. |
