Community-led reforestation of Mount Elgon Water Tower, Uganda
Context
The Project
Climate Solution
Tropical Forest Restoration
It is estimated that 287 million hectares of degraded land in the tropics could be restored to continuous, intact forest. Using current and estimated commitments from the Bonn Challenge and New York Declaration on Forests, our model assumes that restoration could occur on 161-231 million hectares.
By protecting currently degraded land and allowing natural regrowth to occur, committed land could sequester 1.4 tons of carbon dioxide per acre annually, for a total of 54.5-85.1 gigatons of carbon dioxide by 2050.
Photos from Mount Elgon
UN Sustainable Development Goals
The 'Community-led reforestation of Mount Elgon Water Tower, Uganda' project aligns with the following UN Sustainable Development Goals:
End poverty in all its forms everywhere
Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.
Ensure access to water and sanitation for all.
Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts.
Sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, halt and reverse land degradation, halt biodiversity loss.
Read more about the Sustainable Development Goals