Investing in forests and protected areas for climate smart development WB

About this project

The project aims at improving sustainable management of forests and wildlife protected areas in order for communities, who live close to these areas, to be able to benefit from and contribute to inclusive economic development. The project will contribute towards addressing the persistent high rates of forest, habitat and wildlife loss; for example the 2.5% forest loss per year and associated loss of community livelihoods. Forestry, wildlife and tourism have been hit hard in Uganda by the global Covid-19 pandemic with reported revenue loss of 7 million USD per month for Uganda wildlife Authority (UWA) and the tourism industry, due to Covid-19 related travel restrictions. UWA and the National Forest Authority, (NFA) depend largely on their own collected Non-Tax revenue to run their operations. The Covid-19 situation has reduced capacity of these agencies to finance their operations and exacerbated risks like lack of protection and monitoring of wildlife resources. The project has the objective of securing the natural resource base and preserving livelihoods of forest-dependent communities through capacity development, livelihood investments and improved capacities of mandated agencies, the National Forestry Authority (NFA) and Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA). The project will focus on selected landscapes within the Albertine Region of Uganda. Despite the region being endowed with natural resources ranging from forests, oil, agricultural land and tourism resources, the area has…

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Sweden · Government

Countries

Uganda

Sectors

Tourism policy and administrative managementForestry developmentBiodiversityIII.3.b. TourismIII.1.b. ForestryIV.1. General Environment Protection

Funded by

Sweden

Passes funds through

Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency

Published by Sweden to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 2 Nov 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: SE-0-SE-6-12846.

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