Essays about: "Kachung"
Found 5 essays containing the word Kachung.
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1. Adoption and sustained use of energy efficient stoves in rural Uganda
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Naturresurser och hållbar utvecklingAbstract : In 2011, Energy saving (mud) stoves were introduced in villages around the Kachung Forestplantation in rural Uganda as part of an effort to support local sustainable development. Initial fieldwork showedthat the stoves had not been adopted as much as the apparent benefits would suggest. READ MORE
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2. Can the Clean Development Mechanism bring Community Co-benefits? A case study of the Kachung Forest Project, Uganda
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/HumanekologiAbstract : Global warming is one of the greatest challenges of our time. To globally reduce green house gas emissions, the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) was created under the Kyoto Protocol. READ MORE
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3. What are trees for : an ethnographic study of local firewood practices in Uganda in the context of deforestation and climate change discourses
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural DevelopmentAbstract : Interventions and schemes are being introduced all over the world to stop deforestation and reduce climate change. These interventions, on all levels of scale, follow a dominant global discourse based on a human-environment dichotomy and neo-Malthusian logic, and are driven by narratives of degradation by the local population and linear environmental change. READ MORE
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4. You are a widow and you will die, so why should you plant trees? : intersectionality in local development activities in connection with a carbon forestry plantation in Kachung, Uganda
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural DevelopmentAbstract : Carbon forestry plantations are a way to achieve statutory global emissions reductions and are also claimed to decrease deforestation. Carbon forestry is not a new system, but has greatly increased in use in recent decades. One such afforestation project, owned by a Norwegian company, is located in northern Uganda. READ MORE
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5. The History and Di scourse of Kachung Forest
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historiaAbstract : This study examined the history of the Kachung forest plantation in northern Uganda and associated environmental discourses. The forest, a project aimed at environmental protection and carbon offsetting, was designated a forest reserve in 1939 by the colonial government, as part of wider efforts to promote Ugandan timber for export and ensure their regeneration as a renewable resource. READ MORE
