India Environment Portal | News, reports, documents, blogs, data, analysis on environment & development | India, South Asia
Published on India Environment Portal | News, reports, documents, blogs, data, analysis on environment & development | India, South Asia (http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in)

Home > News > Charcoal traders go to Uganda after Kenya ban > Charcoal traders go to Uganda after Kenya ban

Charcoal traders go to Uganda after Kenya ban [1]

Kenya's ban on logging two years ago has seen charcoal traders flock to Uganda, which has now become the main source of the fuel, further putting a strain on the country’s dwindling forest cover.

Publication Date: 
03/05/2019
East African (Kenya) [2]
Tags:
Forests [3], Charcoal [4], Deforestation [5], Kenya [6], Uganda [7], Biofuels [8], Africa [9]
Centre for Science and Environment
National Knowledge Commission Government of India

Technology Partners: MimirTech


India Environment Portal by Centre for Science and Environment is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 India License.


Source URL: http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/charcoal-traders-go-uganda-after-kenya-ban

Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/charcoal-traders-go-uganda-after-kenya-ban
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/east-african-kenya
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forests
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/charcoal
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/deforestation
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/kenya
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/uganda
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/biofuels
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/africa