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Tree adoption Uganda holds Run4Climate run to restore degraded forests

By Sharon KyatusiimireJune 19, 2022No Comments
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Hundreds of runners turned up Sunday morning to participate in the second edition of Tree Adoption Uganda’s Run4Climate marathon focused on creating awareness about the adverse effects of climate change and increasing Uganda’s forest cover.

The run was held under the theme “Protect, Restore and Conserve ” with an aim to raise funds to grow 100,000 trees and restore 200 acres of degraded land across the country.

The 10km race was won by Otim Emmanuel while the 5Km was won by Amadile Majip. A forest of 2,000 and 1,000 trees respectively will be planted in their names in honour of their win.

“We are carrying a multisectoral approach towards climate action to restore Uganda’s forest cover.” noted Dr. Charles Batte, the Chief Executive Officer, Tree Adoption Uganda during the run “Restoration is needed because Uganda has lost a lot of its forest cover, meaning that we do not have the sync for the carbon that pollutes the atmosphere leading to global warming.”

“We are experiencing catastrophes like unpredictable weather patterns, landslides, droughts and torrential rainfall affecting agriculture and leading to food insecurity. It’s each and everyone’s responsibility to ensure our landscapes are restored and the forests are restored to play their ecosystem functions,” he added.

According to the National Forestry Authority, the country is currently losing an average of 122,000 hectares of forest cover annually.

Issa Katwesigye, the Assitant Commissioner  Forestry Department at the Ministry of Water and Environment said it is within the government of Uganda’s framework to increase the country’s forest cover as a way of protecting the environment and safeguarding against the calamities that come with environmental degradation.

“Government of Uganda has been supporting  the Running out of Trees (ROOTS) campaign which target 40m trees. We acknowldege that we have a big problem of deforestation but that is now being adressed. In 1990, we had 24% of the total land coverage of Uganda under forests; it decreased to around 9% by 2013. We have slightly recovered, increasing from 9% to 12.4% at the end of 2026. We hope to get to 24% of forest cover by Vision 2040, Katwesigye said.

He further applauded Tree Adoption Uganda and all its partners for joining the government’s effort to preserve and conserve the environment and urged all  Ugandans to join in this fight.

The trees grown will be tracked and mapped using the Tree adoption mobile phone technology and satellite imagery by species, planter and GPS code in order to improve transparency and monitoring.

In 2020, the organization held its 1st edition of the Run4Climate and contributed to the planting and growing of 30,000 trees in communities in climate-ravaged areas of Bududa.

List of winners

10KM run

Winner: Otim Emmanuel

1st runner-up: Logir Michael

2nd Runner-up:  Wangwe Brian

 

5KM Run

Winner: Amadile Majip,

1st runner-up Ayebare Innocent

2nd Runner-up Okello Simon Peter.

 

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