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Uganda | Court allows sugar cane plantation within Bugoma Forest Reserve

Conservationists in Uganda have condemned as “shallow and absurd” a court ruling that authorised the government to allow swathes of a tropical forest to be cleared for a sugar-cane plantation.


Three environmental groups had taken the government to court over a decision to allow Hoima Sugar Ltd to build on 5,500 hectares (13,500 acres) in the Bugoma Forest Reserve.


https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/may/13/campaigners-lose-court-case-to-stop-ugandan-forest-clearance

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