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Farmers, civil rights groups oppose Uganda’s oil project
1 May 2021
Farmers and the rights groups have called for an in-depth evaluation of the effects on people’s lives and the environment. Photo by Camille Delbos/Art In All of Us/Corbis via Getty Images)
Farmers and civil society groups in Uganda are opposing the agreement between oil giant Total, the China National Offshore Oil Corporation and the governments of Tanzania and Uganda greenlighting oil production in the Lake Albert region of western Uganda.
They contend that the project threatens the wetlands and forests that support lives and livelihoods in Albertine, central and southern Uganda, as well as the wellbeing of Lake Albert itself, a transboundary lake shared with the Democratic Republic of the Congo. They want the environmental and climate impacts of the projects evaluated before the project proceeds.
Total Is Poised to Make $5 Billion Bet on Uganda Oil Project
Francois de Beaupuy, Fred Ojambo and Paul Burkhardt, Bloomberg News A logo sits on the exterior of the Total SA skyscraper headquarters in the La Defense business district in Paris, France, on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2020. French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said heâs hopeful for a compromise with the U.S. on digital tax to avoid a transatlantic trade war. Photographer: Anita Pouchard Serra/Bloomberg , Bloomberg
(Bloomberg) Total SE is poised to go ahead with a $5.1 billion plan to tap more than a billion barrels of Ugandan crude and ship it across east Africa by pipeline.
By Bridget Nasasira | April 23, 2021
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As the world grapples with diminishing biodiversity and the devastating effects of our unhealthy planet, science is slowly beginning to recognize and acknowledge the role of indigenous people in maintaining essential ecosystems. The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in 2019 found that over one million species of animals and plants are in danger of extinction over the next few decades. Notably, the Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services also highlighted that natural resources managed by indigenous people and local communities are degrading at a slower rate than others.