With support from WWF-Uganda Country Office, Kitara Civil Society Organizations Network (KCSON) has for the last 6 years implemented Leading The Change (LtC1) Program aimed at Civil Society Capacity Strengthening for conservation of high value forest ecosystems to benefit people and nature in the Albertine region.
The project is based on evidence that, Albertine Graben is advantaged with major natural resources such as lakes, rivers, forests, Rift valleys, wetlands. However those major NRs were continuously facing pressure from both adjacent communities and external encroachers for commercial activities such as charcoal production for heat energy, rampant felling of trees for firewood, agriculture and timber trading.
The program contribute greatly to three main outcomes which are: strengthening capacity of KCSON and partner community groups (CBOs and CFM groups) to effectively manage natural resources, livelihoods of communities adjacent to Bugoma CFR improved to reduce over dependence on natural resources. Promoting community conservation and stewardship initiatives around Bugoma CFR to enrich off the reserve timber and energy resource. Finally, the project also promoted innovative natural resource management models that integrate governance, gender and human rights enhancement through targeted school and community based initiatives.
