Albertine Rift – Trees For Global Benefits
ECOTRUST’s Trees for Global Benefits programme (TGB) is a long-term, carbon sequestration project working with rural farmers in three areas of Uganda. Trees for Global Benefits supports farmers to move to alternative farming practices and plant native trees to support agroforestry activities, improve livelihoods, and bolster resilience and adaptability to climate change.
The Albertine Rift is an area of exceptional endemism, and contains many species threatened with global extinction, particularly within the mountain forest habitats. Within the project area, the native forests that make up the wider Bugoma-Budongo corridor are home to a staggering 52% of Africa’s bird species, 19% of its amphibians, 14% of its reptiles, and 14% of its plants. But what makes these forests so singularly important is the home they provide to primates.
Staff preparing seedlings for corridor restoration. 
Seedlings in the nursery. 
Corridor restoration. 
Explore the Albertine Rift with our Interactive Map
Key Species Protected by the Albertine Rift
PROJECT PARTNERS
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The Environmental Conservation Trust of Uganda (ECOTRUST)
ECOTRUST works with different communities and stakeholders in Uganda to conserve natural resources and biodiversity while at the same time contributing to poverty alleviation, wealth creation, inclusive growth and resilience of communities against the risks associated with climate change.
