ATC 038 With Special Guest Peter Babyenda - Makerere University - Protect Bugoma Forest At All Costs

Podcast 038 with special guest Peter Babyenda - Makerere University - protect Bugoma forest at all costs 00:56 Intro Peter Babyenda - Environment for development - Makerere University - Environment for development, Uganda Centre 03:10 “Why Uganda, the World should protect Bugoma forest at all costs” Article: https://www.newvision.co.ug/news/1530665/uganda-world-protect-bugoma-forest-costs 09:42 NEMA - National Environment management Authority 11:54 Protect the environment 13:04 Deforestation in Uganda - background and you cannot protect the environment and forget the economical goals 18:55 Grassland is needed for expansion area for the forest and for the animals of the forest 21:01 The local population and recommendations 25:18 Trump administration lifts environmental protections on US’ largest forest and Amazon’s destruction has accelerated by Brazil’s president Jair Bolsonaro. 29:59 To prevent the next pandemic, we might need to cut down fewer trees 32:07 Endnote Peter Babyenda: https://www.linkedin.com/in/babyenda-peter-8b884680/ Makerere University: http://www.mak.ac.ug EfD - Environment for development, Uganda Centre: https://efdinitiative.org Uganda’s National Planning Authority http://www.npa.go.ug We talk about Sustainability, Wellness & Responsible Travel, volunteering, digital nomads, funny, inspiring and extraordinary tales. Touching on organisations and people that are doing the right thing. We reveal this week’s most important news, with a good dose of scepticism and humour, so you can make up your own mind and travel with a clear mind! Thank you for listening. Send us your feedback and story suggestions via twitter twitter.com/aTravelCompanio Visit our website https://podcasts.earth