Ugandan lawyers sue govt over clearance of forest for sugarcane growing
The applicants also want the court to declare that the pre-environmental and social impact assessment report by Hoima Sugar was shallow, inaccurate and misleading
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The applicants also want the court to declare that the pre-environmental and social impact assessment report by Hoima Sugar was shallow, inaccurate and misleading
By Xinhua Ugandan lawyers have sued the government for approving a private company to clear parts of a natural forest
The applicants also want the court to declare that the pre-environmental and social impact assessment report by Hoima Sugar was shallow, inaccurate and misleading, hence threatening the right of...
NEMA, Hoima Sugar sued again over Bugoma forest May 19, 2021 A section of cleared Bugoma forest reserve Uganda Law Society (ULS) and two civil society organisations have filed another petition challenging the planned giveaway of part of Bugoma forest reserve in Kikuube district, western Uganda. Bugoma, a tropical forest gazetted in 1932, comprises 410 square kilometres of protected area, and a stretch of forest measuring about 40 kilometres. The forest is endowed with unique species of mammals, trees, birds, butterflies and moths. It is also a m...