See the World Deforestation Clock at http://www.cifor.cgiar.org/defclock. SELECTED RESEARCH PROJECTS
Enhancing sustainable rural livelihoods through innovative participatory approaches to reforestation (2014 on going; Funded by Biovision: http://www.biovision.ch/en/home/) Building capacity for REDD+ in East Africa for improved ecosystem health and for sustainable livelihoods in Eastern Africa (2013 on going; Funded by norad) Carbon sequestration of selected indigenous trees in Uganda’s rural landscapes. Funded by Makerere University (2012-2013). Value Chain Analysis And Development Of Plant-Derived Medicinal Products For Management Of Hiv/Aids In The Face Of Climate Change In The Lake Victoria Basin. Funded by VicRes/IUCEA. (2011 ongoing). Progress brief. Promoting indigenous scientific knowledge for poverty reduction and sustainable development. Consultancy for the UNESCO Participation Programme through the Uganda National Commission for UNESCO (UNATCOM). (2010) Assessment of the Species diversity of Namasagali sub-county. Funded by Dennis Stanfield Memorial Fund. (Dec 2010 – 2011) Sustainable management of forests on private land through collaborative partnerships with rural communities. Funded by IFS (2009 -2013) Community Education for the Preservation of Medicinal Plants for Poverty Reduction and Sustainable Development. Consultancy for the UNESCO Participation Programme through the Uganda National Commission for UNESCO (UNATCOM). (October 2008 – Jan 2010). Download the report . Download the catalogue of the priority medicinal plants. Evaluating the efficacy and safety of TB traditional medicines in Uganda. Funded by WHO (2008) Woody species of Nawaikoke Sub-county, Uganda: an empirical study of the ethnobotany, species composition, population structures, and ecological impacts of harvesting (Funded by Makerere Graduate School grant: Mak/2006/0162) (2006 – 2008): Herbal medicines for the treatment of malaria in Kamuli District, Uganda.http://www.wlbcenter.org/reports.htm. (Funded by The Garden Club of America) (April – November 2006) Traditional ecological knowledge, tree management practices, uses and economic dependency of local population on forests and tree based systems in the context of their degradation” under the International FOREAIM project (http://foreaim.cirad.fr/home). Uganda Work Package 1 Leader (January 2006 – 2009) Documentation of traditional methods of controlling malaria in Uganda: pilot study in Bulamogi County, Kamuli District. Funded by Sida-Sarec, Co-researcher (2005) Capacity building for natural resources conservation for sustainable livelihoods at local government levels, in Uganda. Funded by [email protected] (April-August, 2005) Validation of medicinal plants of Bulamogi County, Uganda: Part I, Identification of anti-diarrhoeal and skin disease herbal medicines” Funded by NUFU-medicinal project. (Aug. 2003 to June 2004). |