November 2017

Implementing Partners: ECOTRUST & ENVIRONMENTAL ALERT

TOWARDS PRO-POOR REDD+ PHASE II WRAP UP PROJECT REPORT IUCN UGANDA COUNTRY OFFICE

With Support from:

Participants for the Agoro-Agu Forest Landscape Platform Forum meeting - Kitgum Royale Hotel, Kitgum

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Table of Contents

1.0 BACKGROUND OF THE MEETING.................................................................... 1

2.0 OBJECTIVES ............................................................................................................ 1

3.0 APPROACH ............................................................................................................. 2

4.0 OUTCOMES OF THE WRAP UP WORKSHOPS .................................................. 2

4.1 Country’s shared understanding of human rights-based approaches and applying pro-poor

approaches .......................................................................................................................................................................... 2

4.2 Project contributions and influence on change arrangements at landscape, sub-national and

national levels:..................................................................................................................................................................... 4

4.3 Implementing partners’ delivery on HRBA and Pro-poor principles....................................................... 8

5.0 LESSONS LEARNT - “TOWARDS PRO-POOR REDD+” PROJECT IN

UGANDA: .......................................................................................................................... 9

5.1: What has worked well? ............................................................................................................................................ 9

5.1.1 Working with existing government structures has proved beneficial; ............................................................ 9

5.1.2: Building on existing structures: ....................................................................................................................................... 10

5.1.3 Engaging CSOs (ECOTRUST and Environmental Alert) as mediators between government (duty

bearers) and local communities (right holders) ..................................................................................................................... 10

5.1.4 Linking the project to existing government programmes: ............................................................................... 10

5.2 What could we have done differently ........................................................................................................... 10

6.0 ATTACHMENTS: ................................................................................................. 12

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1.0 BACKGROUND OF THE MEETING IUCN Uganda Country Office has been implementing the project “Towards a Pro-Poor REDD+ (Phase II) in Uganda”. The Project seeks to deliver on the goal of ensuring that, “By 2020, national climate change mitigation initiatives incorporate principles of pro-poor approaches (PPAs) and human rights-based approaches (HRBAs) to deliver policies and have implemented programs that reduce deforestation and forest degradation whilst simultaneously contributing to the improvement of local livelihoods and long term security of forest carbon stocks in key forest-rich regions”. The project has a national, district and landscape outlook within two priority landscapes of Mt. Elgon, in Eastern Uganda and Agoro Agu in Northern Uganda. Work within these two priority landscapes is led by ECOTRUST and Environment Alert respectively.

The second phase of the project is ending by December 31st 2017 and wrap up workshops have been held for the implementing partners, at national and landscape levels as in-country learning events, but also in preparation for the project’s final global consolidation and wrap up workshop to take place in Switzerland towards end of November. Specific dates for the wrap up workshops were as follows:

Descripriptions/Item Date Venue

Implementing partners wrap workshop: 26th October 2017 ECOTRUST boardroom

National Level Wrap up workshop: 30th -31st October 2017 Wash & Wills Hotel, Mbale

Mt Elgon Landscape level Wrap up: 1st – 2nd November 2017 Wash & Wills Hotel, Mbale

Agoro-Agu Forest Lanscape Wrap up: 16th November 2017 Kitgum Royale hotel, Kitgum

2.0 OBJECTIVES The Objectives of the wrap up meetings were as follows:

i) To capture and document project achievements against the project results framework;

ii) To capture and document the various project contributions and impact/influence on change (policies, strategies, arrangements, etc.) at landscape, sub-national and national levels;

iii) To come up with the country perspectives on the rights-based approaches (RBAs) to climate change, conservation and sustainable forest management

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3.0 APPROACH The workshops were highly participatory involving presentations, group work and plenary discussions. Presentations and discussions were made on ‘Lessons learned and the good practices from Pro-Poor REDD+ project’, and group work mainly capturing project impacts/influnces. The guiding questions for the group discussions included the following:

• From your understanding of this project, the achievements, challenges and lessons, what do you consider as the main rights based and pro-poor principles that were integrated?

• Describe 2 or 3 examples of the positive impact / change that was brought by this project (national, sub-national or household level)

• Mention any 2 or 3 take home messages that stand out from this project four institution

• What are the key recommendations you propose to be up-scaled and taken forward by IUCN and other partners working in these areas

Plenary dicussions validated the generated information and helped in discerning the country perspectives on rights based approaches to climate change change, conservation and sustainable forest management.

The outcomes from these wrap up workshops are summarized and presented in section 4.0 of this report.

4.0 OUTCOMES OF THE WRAP UP WORKSHOPS

4.1 Country’s shared understanding of human rights-based approaches and applying pro-poor approaches

There was brainstorming on what stakeholders understood by human rights based and pro-poor approaches. This generated an interesting debate where the stakeholders demonstrated good level of shared understanding on these two specific needs. The main ideas shared by the stakeholders are as shared below;

Human rights based and pro-poor approaches imply;

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• Putting the needs of humans/people (especially of the poor) at the center of development planning, designing and implementation of projects.

• It is also about balancing the diverse interests and concerns from a cross-sectional of stakeholders and some of these interests could at times be competing against one another and evolving between now and in the future.

• Managing power relations between duty bearers (largely government and private sector) and rights holders (local communities and citizens). Communities have the rights to demand for services and things that work for them. Thus community perspectives should be at the center.

• A recognition that sometimes there will be divergent interests that could be detrimental to natural resources and local communities over the long term. These interests could be as a result of limited or inaccurate information by communities – the communities therefore require access to accurate and balanced information to enable them make informed decisions about how best to manage their natural resources and the development process overall.

• Not putting conservation objectives above the “basic needs and securities” of people (access to water, food, medicines etc)

• Building upon community-owned and community-centered institutions and where these are not in place, help to facilitate their establishment.

The participants noted that one of the barriers to applying HRBA and pro-poor approach was the current nature of politics and governance context, which is high-handed and riddled with greed and corruption. It was therefore observed the definition of Human Rights Approach should always be in the context of natural resources management to avoid ambugiuty and being mistaken with politicking.

“When it comes to forest management, there is a power dissymmetry with the National Forest Authority (NFA) holding a lot of power (holding the stick) while the communities are at the receiving end. If NFA adopted HRBA and Pro-poor approaches, forest conservation outcomes would be a whole lot different. From an HRBA and pro-poor people perspective, NFA would realize that it’s the people that gave it the mandate to ‘steward’ their forests and not the other way round!”

Remarks from one of the implementing partners

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4.2 Project contributions and influence on change arrangements at landscape, sub-national and national levels:

The integration of Pro-Poor principlces and rights based Approaches into REDD+ and other natural resource management processed was noted by all stakeholders as one of the key achievements at both landscape and national levels. As aresult of this contribution at national level, IUCN and the implementing partners became better positioned to provide services under the REDD+ programme. They were therefore among the consultants contracted by the National REDD+ focal point to spearhead the strengthening of participatory structures and conducting capacity building trainings to enhance stakeholder engagement at national and sub - national levels in the development of Uganda's National REDD+ strategy.

The implementing partners in addition were part of a team of consultants that supported the development of the Uganda Forest Investment Program. Their major task was to ensure participation and inclusion of views of the vulnerable forest dependent and adjacent communities including; the Iki and Tepeth of Karamoja, the Ndorobo (Benet) of Mt Elgon, and the Batwa of south wetern Uganda (in Echuya Central Forest reserve, and in Semliki National Park).

In all these processes, mainstreaming gender equality was a key consideration, the project having supported the review of the national REDD+ R-PP proess M&E framework to track gender mainstreamng in the REDD+ processes. Furthermore, the project facilliated the establishment the National gender Task force that has participated in the review of the Uganda's National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan. Some of the members of the National Gender Task Force were selected and are mmembers of the safeguarks task force for the National REDD+ process, who review documents and processes to ensures the all safeguards are catered for in the process of developing the National REDD+ strategy.

The perception from landscape level stakeholders was that in implementating the Towards Pro-Poor REDD+ project the following principles were very well integrated:

- inclusiveness - gender consideration for all - Free/equal participation in decision making - Constant engagement of key stakeholders - Informed consent - Equity - Accountability and transparency - Community demand driven initiaves - Building on the existing local resources - Access, use and control means of production

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It was observed that

• Community needs were taken into consideration e.g. access to forests to collect forest products – consultation of vulnerable groups

• Community voices are heard in landscape and national level platform engagements • Access, use and control of resources is provided for through the negotiated CFM

agreements – clarification of rights • Institutions (Clans, CBOs, Local Government – Sub-county & District, Sectors within

Natonal Forestry Authority) have been influenced and have started to carry out their mandate through a Pro-poor lens.

• Gender equity was enhanced – allowing women and youth access to land and to have tree rights. In the Northern parts of the country in which Lamwo falls, women do not own or inherit land, but through CFM arrangements they are having access to land to plant and own trees

Table one below shows a reflection on integration of Pro-Poor and Human rights approaches by the implementing partners.

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Table 1 Showing how the implementing partners delivered on pro-poor principles and themes

THEME PRINCIPLES IUCN ENVIRONMENT ALERT ECOTRUST Stakeholder engagement and access to information

1. Ensure vulnerable groups are informed, consulted and participate in decision making at all levels and phases of the REDD+ process in an enabling environment

- Engagement in REDD+ consultation processes

- Mt. Elgon Stakeholders’ Forum dialogues, reports and IEC materials

- Facilitating stakeholder engagement through the Agoro-Agu platform

- Participatory situation analysis and baseline resource mapping – communities directly participated in the mapping of the forests and were more familiar with the forest than NFA

- Training and awareness raising dialogues, community meetings and radio programmes

- Documentation and dissemination of lessons learnt

- Land-use planning information for each household

- District local governments strategic plan for integration of HRBA in their peogrammes including TGB.

- District level capacity building on HRBA

- Farmer led institutions of 15 CBOs to lead the community negotiation and participation in TGB

- HRBA and pro-poor M&E framework developed as a tool for assessing the relevance of district programmes.

2. Guarantee rights and access to information about processes and outcomes of REDD+ including the positive and negative impacts on the environment and livelihoods of communities

Equitable benefit sharing

3. Ensure equitable and transparent sharing of benefits and responsibilities vertically and horizontally, with specific attention to vulnerable groups

Have strengthened the gender aspects of a community-led benefit sharing model – the Community Environment Conservation Fund (CECF)

- CFM agreements between local communities and NFA provide a framework for equitable benefit sharing of protected area forestry resources such as firewood, niches for bee keeping, mushrooms, herbs etc.

- Benefit sharing through payment for ecosystem services via the TGB

- Financial inclusion enhanced through capitalization of SACCOs

- Farmers are using TGB agreements as collateral to access loans/credit.

- Facilitating access and removing barriers to enable poor farmers to international carbon markets through aggregation.

Rights to resources and customary practices

4. Clarify and secure the rights (of access, use and control) to resources (land/tree/forest/carbon) of vulnerable groups

- Promoted pro-poor arrangements including CFM arrangements and platforms as well as capacity building capacity of partners and stakeholders on HRBA and pro-poor approaches.

- Facilitated processes that led to signing of agreements for the co-management of Agoro-Agu forest reserve between NFA and forest adjacent communities.

- Secured rights of access for forest dependent communities for Non

5. Recognize and integrate customary practices and values in the design and

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implementation of REDD+ activities

Timber Forest Products and cultural sites.

Forest dependency

6. Establish and address the nature and scope of forest dependence particularly among vulnerable groups

- Promoting of nature based solutions/enterprises such as apiary and commercial tree nurseries for on-farm growing of indigenous tree species amongst forest adjacent communities .

- Undertook baseline studies to determine the dependence of forest adjacent communities on the forest

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Livelihood and ecosystem resilience

7. Enhance resilience of vulnerable livelihoods through conserving and restoring natural ecosystem functions, including biodiversity.

- Promoting of nature based solutions/enterprises such as apiary and commercial tree nurseries for on-farm growing of indigenous tree species amongst forest adjacent communities .

- Communities supported to start a Commercial tree nursery enterprise and apiary

- Restoration of degraded landscapes

- Growing of indigenous tree species.

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During the Agoro-agu landscape wrap up, it was reported that the mainstreaming of pro-Poor and Human Rights Based Approaches has empowered local communities to effectively participate in natural resources governance. An example was given where in Agoro-Agu Central Forest Reserve, the Mar Yen CFM group had managed to intercept and cause for the arrest of a trailer and a loader with illegaly harvested logs of Alfezalia Africana, species categorized as vulneral in the IUCN Red list.

The Sector manager acknowledged that much as there had been illegal activities within the ladscape, they had never effected any arrests, because the NFA team is thin on ground.

4.3 Implementing partners’ delivery on HRBA and Pro-poor principles Based on a shared understanding of HRBA , each of the implementing partners reflected on how they are currently doing with respect to delivering on the human rights principles (process) and the human rights standards (outcomes). These are summarized in the table 2 below;

Table 2: Delivery on HRBA & Pro-poor principles by IP:

IMPLEMENTING PARTNER

MAIN HRBA AND PRO-POOR ACTION

ECOTRUST - Learnt how to best integrate rights and the poor into conservation work from the IUCN and CECF and later applied these lessons to identified gaps within the Trees for Global Benefit programme.

- The main lessons learnt by ECOTRUST from the IUCN CECF approach were; the role of community visioning and individual action plans as a way of ensuring local participation in programme intervention design and implementation. This has been applied throughout ECOTRUST programmes in Uganda including in the Albertine Rift

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- Improved engagement with district local government (as duty holders) and enabling communities to access development outcomes therein as right-holders – previously this was not a key approach for ECOTRUST and they would only work directly with local communities.

IUCN - The improved understanding of HRBA and pro-poor approaches within IUCN has informed and helped to refocus other projects to be more HRBA and pro-poor e.g. UNREDD project and the Consulations for the Forest Investment Plan

- Experience in applying HRBA and Pro-poor approaches has opened new opportunities for IUCN’s engagement with Ministries, Departments and Agencies

- Designing of new programmes/projects is now informed by HRBA - There is improved capacity amongst staff and better skills on pro-poor and HRBA.

Environment Alert - We had already been on the process to make our organization more HRBA and pro-poor focused by the time we were engaged by IUCN.

- Our engagement with IUCN has improved our staff skills and capacity to apply a HRBA and pro-poor approach.

- We are using these improved HRBA and pro-poor skills and capacities in designing new projects and programmes

- We have trained other stakeholders on HRBA and pro-poor approaches including the district local governments within Agoro-Agu landscape.

Mainstreaming of Pro-Poor and Human Rights based activites was noted to be contributing significantly to human development and environmental conservation outcomes through REDD+ related activities at district and local community conservation and development priorities.

5.0 LESSONS LEARNT - “TOWARDS PRO-POOR REDD+” PROJECT IN UGANDA:

5.1: What has worked well? The stakeholders noted that the following key aspects of the project worked well and should be adopted by other similar or related projects in the future;

5.1.1 Working with existing government structures has proved beneficial; Members noted that this worked well especially in Agoro-Agu where NFA facilitators were co-opted to lead in negotiating the Landscape Collaborative Forest Management agreement process. This ensured that there was buy-in from both sides from the start and the likelihood of the CFM agreement implementation was much higher with some actions already initiated (e.g. apiary and commercial tree nursery) even before the agreements were signed, a good gesture of good will from both parties.

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5.1.2: Building on existing structures: The project did well in building on existing structures and programmes amongst CSOs and local communities. For example in Agoro Agu, the Katum and mar Yen local Community Associations were already in existence and therefore the project just helped strengthen the and refocus them towards Collaborative Forest Management goals. This enabled the project to realize progress in emporing the groups in a much shorter time, as compared to if these were newly formed groups.

Working with ECOTRUST’s Trees for Global Benefit as an existing financing mechanism allowed for quicker achievement of results and better use of financial resources, since this was an already proven concept that was simply improved to intergrate pro-poor and rights based aspects.

5.1.3 Engaging CSOs (ECOTRUST and Environmental Alert) as mediators between government (duty bearers) and local communities (right holders)

This was noted as a good practice that should be encouraged. The partners noted that there are historical injustices and conflicts related to forest management in Uganda where either communities were forcefully evicted or largely excluded from their day to day management. Therefore getting a “neutral” outsider as ECOTRUST/Environmental Alert to mediate the dialogues and resource allocations between the mandated government actors and local communities was a good practice to neutralize the animosity and help forge a shared sustainable vision for the landscapes through the various interventions.

5.1.4 Linking the project to existing government programmes: The was stronger impact realized when the project activities were linked to existing government or partner programmes than where they were considered separate and parallel. For example in Katum, the community has been able to receive additional support from district local governments and central government support programmes simply because they were organized and strengthened by this project. The participants noted however, that sometimes the project support has meant that government programmes previously earmarked to support project beneficiaries were reallocated to more needy communities requiring lifeline support, a case of CECF groups in Kapchorwa district (Mt.Elgon) where Northern Uganda Social Action Fund (NUSAF) II support was reallocated to non CECF groups. However this in itself is an advantage as it is a recognition by government that project-supported communities are less needy and therefore don’t require lifeline support.

5.2 What could we have been done differently

The stakeholders noted that the following could have been done differently;

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• The project should have done better in managing of donor expectations; given the level of available financial resources - the project overstretched itself and should have focused on a more consolidated set of results.

• The programme should support more livelihood enhancing options and much earlier in the programme to enable their full establishment and ongoing support before they can stabilize. The participants noted that many of the livelihood options especially in Agoro Agu landscape were initiated late in the programme and therefore there is a risk that by the time the project ends later this year they may not have acquired the required stability for future sustainability.

• The project should have included specific support for the restoration of community owned forests and private owned forests – this is especially important considering that 70% of Uganda’s forests assets are privately/communaly owned.

• Providing more support for issue-based engagements with in the landscapes using the platforms that were created.

• Need to work with many more focus areas so as to use lessons from one to upscale into the others. For example the entire Agoro Agu landscape is comprised of 17 central forest reserves covering a total of 107,288 hectares but the project was only able to engage two local communities around two central reserves. Serious efforts will be required to disseminate and promote lessons learnt from the two local communities to address issues across the entire landscape. For Mbale district with 14 sub-counties in the Mt. Elgon Landscape, the project was only implemented in five sub-counties.

• The project should also have been more intentional and persistent in leveraging opportunities for local development and conservation from the central and district local government programmes such as Operation Wealth Creation, National Agriculture Advisory Services (NAADS), Youth Livelihood Fund among others.

• The project should also have engaged the Protected Area management teams (Uganda Wildlife Authority) a bit more actively and consistently throughout the project duration.

• There is an entrenched donor mentality within the former refugees (returnees) of Agoro Agu landscape – the project needed to have invested more time in order to address the root-causes of this mentality, which is likely to affect the project outcomes over the long-term.

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6.0 ATTACHMENTS:

LIST OF PARTICIPANTS FOR THE IMPLEMENTING PARTNERS WRAP UP MEETING

Participants: Organzation/Role 1. Ddamulira Robert Facilitator

2. Polycarp Mwima IUCN

3. Cotilda Nakyeyune IUCN

4. Wamagale Herbert Environment Alert

5. Dr. Joshua Zake Environment Alert

6. Nantongo Pauline ECOTRUST

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LIST OF PARTICIPANTS FOR THE NATIONAL LEVEL TOWARDS PRO-POOR REDD+ WRAP UP WORKSHOP

# NAMES DESIGNATION

LOCATION /DISTRICT/ ORG

GENDER

EMAIL ADDRESS PHONE CONTACTS

1 John Lugai Coordinator Coordinator; Agoro International Vocational Institute

M princelugaij@gmail.com 0772 684654

2 Kulao Okongo Chairperson Agoro-Agu SF. M 0772 901429 3 Jakeo Ocan DCDO Lamwo DLG M ocanjakeo@yahoo.com 0772 358819 4 Pope Onen Agoro – Agu

platform Lamwo DLG M onenpope@yahoo.com 0779 758544

5 Alfred Onen Elkana

CAO Lamwo DLG M Alfredelkana53@yahoo.com 0772 351521

6 Richard Komakech Ag. DNRO Lamwo DLG M Komtroy1@gmail.com 0772 480668 7 Awadh Chemangei DNRO Kapchorwa DLG M chemawadh@yahoo.com/@gmail.c

om 0772/0702 645591

8 Valence Arineitwe SFO/National REDD+ focal point

MoWE M alivalence@gmail.com 0774 194705

9 George Chepkurui Wonge

Sec. Production & Natural Resources

Kapchorwa DLG M 0779 468610

10 Abas Chekwoti DCDO Kapchorwa DLG M chekwotiabas@yahoo.com 0782 569303 11 Richard Kapere Manager

Planning UWA Kampala M Richard.kapere@ugandawildlife.org 0772 688875

12 Hussien Matanda Chairperson MESF M matandah@yahoo.com 0772 618716 13 Richard Oyat

Oloya Sec. Production & Natural Resources

Lamwo DLG M Oyatoloya403@gmail.com 0772 331900

14 Christopher Chepkurui Songhor

Chairperson 5 Kapchorwa DLG M 0772187991

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15 Esther Nekesa Sector Manager, NFA

Lamwo District F 0782 993304

16 Barnabas Nambwila

SAS (For CAO)

Namisindwa DLG M nambwilabarns@gmail.com 0772 858551

17 Thomas Muteeba E Range Manager

NFA Gulu M muteebae@yahoo.com 0772 641269

18 Beatrice Wakooli DCDO Bududa DLG F beatricewakooli@gmail.com 0772 836377 19 Andrew Wabweni DCDO Namisindwa DLG M wabweniandrew@gmail.com 0782 625542 20 Regina Mutuwa M. For CAO Mbale F rmutuwa@gmail.com 0782 543260 21 Irene Chelangat K. For CAO Kapchorwa DLG F kapsawanic@gmail.com 0772 547527 22 John Komakech

Ogwok Chairperson LC 5

Lamwo DLG M johnogwok@gmail.com 0772 388302

23 Michael Mwangale DFO Namisindwa DLG M Mwike2002@yahoo.com 0772 946212 24 Pauline Nantongo Exec.

Director ECOTRUST F 0772 743562

25 Adonia K. Bintoora Director, Community conservation

UWA, Kampala M 0772 622638

26 James Omoding SPO IUCN, Kampala M James.Omoding@iucn.org 0772 437169 27 Rose Mutonyi Warden UWA - MENP F mutorosebud@yahoo.co.uk 0772 499700 28 Jamada Chebet Assist.

Warden UWA - MENP M chebetjamada@gmail.com 0776 613553

29 Yonasani Bululu Vice C/person Bududa DLG M yonasanibululu@yahoo.com yonasanibululu84@gmail.com

0775 448942

30 Michael Musamali DNRO/DFO Bududa DLG M mmmusamali@gmail.com 0773 904582 31 Martha Muyama Sec. Prodn Bududa DLG F muyamamartha@gmail.com 0789 962897 32 Rogers Mutama For C/Person Namisindwa M mutamarogers@gmail.com 0775 386592 33 Polycarp M.

Mwima PO IUCN M Polycarp.Mwima@iucn.org 0772 602697

34 David Mayeku M. Sec. Prdn Bududa DLG M 0786 906290 35 Sophie Kutegeka

M. Head of Office

IUCN Uganda F Sophie.Kutegeka@iucn.org 0772 610061

36 Martin Sande Driver CAO Kapchorwa DLG M 0783 994400 37 Ibrahim Naibie

Shidi Driver LC V Kapchorwa DLG M 0773 691077

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38 Wilson Itima S/ Driver UWA HQ M 0772614849 39 Ibrahim Baguma Transport

Assistant NFA – Gulu M 0784 144998

40 Patrick Odoki Driver (CAO) Lamwo DLG M 0776 391157 41 Bob Okurut Driver (MESF) Busia DLG M 0787 365780 42 John Mangeni Escort (MESF) Busia DLG M 0777 031369 43 Geoffrey Ogik Driver LC V Lamwo DLG M 0783 518374 44 Fred Khaukha Driver (CAO) Mbale DLG M 0782 969737 45 Patrick

Ssemwogerere Driver ECOTRUST M 0705 766088

46 Paul Wabuyaka Driver CAO Namisindwa M 0782 207652 47 George Oluka Transport

Assistant FSSD/MoWE M 0772 488445

48 Alex Bululu Driver (Vice) Bududa DLG M 0774 269705 49 Ernest Aliga Driver (LC 5) Namisindwa M 0784 299455 50 Christopher

Lutakome FA/Driver IUCN M Christopher.LUTAKOME@iucn.or

g 0772 437256

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LIST OF PARTICIPANTS FOR THE 4th MOUNT ELGON STAKEHOLDERS’ FORUM MEETING AT WASH & WILLS COUNTRY HOME, MBALE

# NAMES DESIGNATION LOCATION /DISTRICT/ ORG

GENDER

EMAIL ADDRESS PHONE CONTACTS

1 Hon. Cheptoris Sam Cabinet Minister MoWE M 0772 997722 2 Nasuru Ocan SAS/Personal

Assistant MoWE M ocanasuru@gmail.com 0773 624415

3 Ivan Kalulu B/Guard MoWE M 0775 949134 4 Amani Siwa Driver MoWE M 0781 101792 5 Hon. Charles Ilukor MP PFCC - Kampala M cilukor@gmail.com 0772 507168 6 Brenda Tuhirirwe

Project Officer PFCC F tuhirirwebrenda@gmail.com 0782 231800

7 Nicholas Busingye C. Project Officer PFCC M busingenike@gmail.com 0782 454695 8 Esther Nekesa Sector Manager NFA - Kitgum F 0782 993304 9 Kulao Okongo Chairperson Agoro-Agu SF. M 0772 901429 10 Christine Mugyeni NFA Sector

Manager Mbale – Busia F angelie_muge@yahoo.com 0782 417 524

11 Jeremiah Asire

Branch Manager Red Cross Mbale M asirejeremiah@yahoo.com 0700 891050

12 John P. Lugai Coordinator Agoro- Agu Platform

M 0772 684654

13 Pascal Mweruka Radio Officer Farm Radio International

M pmweruka@farmradioug.org 0772 362001

14 James Mwalye Forestry Officer Mbale DLG M Mwalyejames662@gmail.com 0775 278031 15 Adonia K. Bintoora SM-CBWE UWA, Kampala M 0772 622638 16 James Omoding SPO IUCN, Kampala M James.Omoding@iucn.org 0772 437169 17 Richard Kapere Manager Planning UWA Kampala M Richard.kapere@ugandawildlife.org 0772 688875 18 Irene Chelangat K. For CAO Kapchorwa DLG F kapsawanic@gmail.com 0772 547527 19 Francis Opolot Ag. AC CC Dept. MoWE M Opolotfrank1@gmail.com 0782 800692 20 Awadh Chemangei DNRO Kapchorwa DLG M chemawadh@yahoo.com/@gmail.co

m 0772/0702 645591

21 Valence Arineitwe SFO MoWE M alivalence@gmail.com 0774 194705 22 Ramazan Twalla Vice C/person Kapchorwa DLG M twallaram@gmail.com 0776 440077

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23 Richard Komakech Ag. DNRO Lamwo DLG M Komtroy1@gmail.com 0772 480668 24 George Owoyesigire Asst Commissioner Min of Tourism M 0773 226841 25 Richard Bagyenyi Program Asst. CTPH M 0784 345683 26 Simon Peter

Wonanzofu C/Person V Bulambuli District M wonanzofusp@gmail.com 0774 180319

27 Lawrence Wadada CAO Bulambuli District M wddl20@yahoo.com 0772 631335 28 Samuel Chemusto DNRO Kween DLG M arapgiogisam@gmail.com 0772 459166 29 Deo Senyange Engineer NWSC - Mbale M 0772 458551 30 Rogers Mutama For LC V Namisindwa M mutamarogers@gmail.com 0775 386592 31 Stephen D. Mugabi Commissioner MoWE M 0782 059294 32 Michael Mwangale DFO/DNRO Namisindwa DLG M mwike2002@yahoo.com 0772 946212 33 Hussien Kato Matanda Chairperson MESF M matandah@yahoo.com 0772 618716 34 Tom Wandera Youth Bududa M tomwandera19@gmail.com 0781 421432 35 Robert Wandwasi CAO Mbale DLG M 0772 639774 36 Julius Wolimbwa ENT Mbale M 0775 986766 37 Wilson Katamigwa Ag. Chief Warden MECA - Mbale M 0772 643631 38 Awazi Mwinike Driver MoWE/DESSS M 0782 313956 39 Martin Sande Driver (CAO) Kapchorwa DLG M 0783 994400 40 Wilfred Chelimo Driver Kween DLG M 0789 337406 41 Aisha Khainza Youth Rep. Bududa F 0773 110286 42 Ayub Kirinya Journalist/ Student IUIU Fm M 0755 607702 43 Mary Ajambo Youth Rep. Mt. Elgon/ Sironko F 0784 036567 44 Jalia Najjemba Youth Rep IUIU - MBL F 0700 342777 45 Musa Mwima Driver Sironko DLG M 0776 997308 46 Denis Cherop Driver (LC V) Kapchorwa DLG M 0751 125807 47 Hillary Agaba Director NAFORRI-NARO M 0772 508513 48 John Ntale Driver Kyoga WMZ M 0703 828649 49 Samson Natsambwa CAO Bududa DLG M snatsambwa@gmail.com 0774 697908 50 Nassan Ubedgiu Driver MTWA M 0779 744300 51 Louis Mugisha Team Leader Kyoga WMZ M mugishalouis@yahoo.com 0772 421608 52 Andrea Schalla Dr. TA Kyoga WMZ / GIZ F 0772 755283 53 Prossy Isubikalu Coordinator -

VIP4FS Project Makerere/ ICRAF F 0772 345398

54 Ibrahim Wobule Driver Sironko M 0782 561532 55 Rachael Kakungulu N. President SER/ Mbale F 0703 026817

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56 Hon. Woboyo Vincent MP Budadiri East M 0772 347518 57 Paul K. Machinjach C/Person V Kween DLG M Pmkapchemeiko2@gmail.com 0787 803720 58 Rose Mutonyi Warden UWA - MENP F mutorosebud@yahoo.co.uk 0772 499700 59 James Munanu EMR UWA - MENP M 0787 758277 60 Yonasani Bululu Vice C/person Bududa DLG M yonasanibululu@yahoo.com

yonasanibululu84@gmail.com 0775 448942

61 Michael Musamali DNRO/DFO Bududa DLG M mmmusamali@gmail.com 0773 904582 62 Andrew Mwona Driver Uganda Parliament M amwona@paliament.go.ug 0774 711545 63 Polycarp M. Mwima PO IUCN M Polycarp.Mwima@iucn.org 0772 602697 64 John Musila Chairperson LC V Manafwa District M 0772 458556 65 Moses Bwambale A. D/CAO Sironko M bwambalema@lycos.com 0774 408670 66 Fred Kalanzi PhD Fellow ICRAF Kampala M f.kalanzi@cgiar.org 0784 929447

0704 030545 67 Lasuri Mbawobye Environment

Student IUIU Mbale M 0706 501288

68 Francis Wanyina Cultural Min for Environment

INZU YA MASABA M wanyinabwayo@gmail.com 0782 101423

69 Sophie Kutegeka M. Head of Office IUCN Uganda F Sophie.Kutegeka@iucn.org 0772 610061 70 Emmanuel Ofwono CAO Namisindwa DLG M eofwono@yahoo.com 0772 446803 71 Wilson Itima S/ Driver UWA HQ M 0772 614849 72 John Tugume M. Warden UWA- MENP M tugumejohn@gmail.com 0782 292204 73 Rose Badaza MESF Advisory C

Member UCU F rbadaza@yahoo.com 0776 912407

74 Bob Okurut Driver (MESF) Busia DLG M 0787 365780 75 John Mangeni Escort (MESF) Busia DLG M 0777 031369 76 Daniel Che-Chu Member SER/Mbale M 0779 103083 77 Moses Munyaki Driver CAO Bulambuli DLG M 0782 347180 78 Paul Wabuyaka Driver CAO Namisindwa M 0782 207652 79 George Oluka Transport Assistant FSSD/MoWE M 0772 488445 80 Christopher Lutakome FA/Driver IUCN M Christopher.LUTAKOME@iucn.org 0772 437256 81 Levi A. Etwodu Director NF NFA Kampala M letwodu@yahoo.com 0772 581494 82 Fadson Atuheire Driver (DR-NFA) NFA Kampala M 0772 463791 83 Godfrey Mabala Driver CAO Bududa DLG M 0782 561154 84 Ronaldo C. Wasukira Physical Planner Manafwa DLG M wasukiraronnie@gmail.com 0752 278031 85 Simon Peter Opolot EMR UWA M 0771 461189

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86 Isaac Sabila Driver LC V Bukwo DLG M 0776 861729 87 Ronald Bidawo Driver LC V Namisindwa DLG M 0752 921145 88 Bernard Bukoma Driver LC V Bududa DLG M 07714 29461 89 Dianah Neumbe Usher Kakungulu Safaris F 0788 199524 90 Sarah Hellen Madanda DNRO Bulambuli DLG F madandahellen@gmail.com 0782 443822 91 Juma D. Chepsikor For CAO Kween DLG M Disonjuma1@gmail.com 0782 374105 92 Rashid Mafabi DNRO Sironko DLG M 0772 435578 93 Stephen Mella Sikor DNRO Bukwo DLG M Ssmella7@gmail.com 0776 368670 94 Godfrey Nabukisa Driver Bulambuli DLG M 0773 533029 95 David Masaba

Wamono Driver Namisindwa DLG M 0772 660528

96 Willex Chelogoi Driver CAO Bukwo DLG M 0781 180253 97 Nelson Musobo Driver CAO Kween DLG M 0785 901254 98 Mafabi Lukumani Driver CAO Sironko DLG M 0782 822445 99 Isaac Mudebo C/Person V Sironko M 0788 063406 100 Francis Odap CAO Bukwo DLG M francisodap@gmail.com 0772 622547 101 Michael Chebet C/Person V Bukwo DLG M 0779 737314 102 Daniel Obalim Driver UWA MENP M 0772 847474 103 Isaac Kiirya Programme

Coordnator ECOTRUST M Ikiirya7@gmail.com 0775 923878

104 Patrick Ssemwogerere Driver ECOTRUST M pssemwogerere@yahoo.com 0705 766088 105 Jonah Butsatsa C-PRO ECOTRUST M jbutsatsa@ecotrust.or.ug 0776 010392

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LIST OF PARTICIPANTS FOR THE SECOND (2nd) AGORO-AGU FOREST LANDSCAPE FORUM MEETING AT KITGUM ROYAL HOTEL.

# NAMES DESIGNATION LOCATION /DISTRICT/ ORG

GENDER

EMAIL ADDRESS PHONE CONTACTS

1 Michael Ochola SAS Padibe East M 0392 898566 2 Agnes Atwongo For DFO Kitgum DLG F ddatwongo@gmail.com 0772 970042 3 Richard Otim For DEO Lamwo DLG M otimrichardo@gmail.com 0775 011523 4 Jolly Joe Ocan CDO Padibe East M Ocanjoe20@gmail.com 0774 228975 5 Jovine Owinya G Chairperson Pitlar Group,

Lamwo M Jovinegandhi2015@gmail.com 0777 761369

6 Michael Olweny Secretary Nen kiwangi group M olwenymichael@gmail.com 0771 241048 7 Denis Onyon C/Person III Agoro Sub County M onyondenis@gmail.com 0782 151004 8 Russel Oroma Vice C/person Orugum Group M oromarussel@gmail.com 0777 486580 9 Esther Nekesa Sector Manager Lamwo/Kitgum F nekesa_esther@yahoo.com 0782 993354 10 Henry Mukiibi Sub-Program

Manager Lutheran World Federation - Kitgum

M henry.mukiibi@lwf.or.ug 0774 688728

11 Steven Otuda Driver UWA M 0774 661815 12 John Lugai Coordinator Agoro International

Vocational Institute M princelugaij@gmail.com 0772 684654

13 Denis Onencan Member Pekorom, Lamwo M onencandenis@gmail.com 0774 213722 14 Acellam Oony T. Chairman Katum Group M 0783 936464 15 Charles Lam Treasurer Katum Community

Forest M charleslam@gmail.com 0789 574158

16 Concy Aloyo Member Lamwo F 0785 559531 17 David Amone Coordinator CESVI M amonedavid37@gmail.com 0775 031655 18 Martine OcaKacon P.A FSN AVIS / Lamwo M ocakaconmartine@gmail.com 0778 011327 19 Walter Odokorwot Warden CC UWA/ Kaabong M Walter.odokorwot@ugandawi

ldlife.org 0772 524529

20 Wilfred Ocora Senior Entomologist

Lamwo M ocrawilfred@yahoo.com 0772 886048

21 Santina Chalo CDO Agoro S/c F Akunsantina96@yahoo.com 0772836536 22 Jakeo Ocan DCDO Lamwo DLG M ocanjakeo@yahoo,com 0772 358819

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23 Liz Felker TFO USA F Liz.felker@theforestsdialogue.org

1 615 426 7877

24 Gary Dunning Exec. Director USA M Gary.dunning@theforetsdialogue.org

1 205 627 5751

25 Bosco Oketa Yot Deputy Speaker Kitgum DLG M oketayotbosco@gmail.com 0774 254237 26 Promise Ocan Chairperson Mar Yen CFM

group M Promiseocan3@yahoo.com 0775 258414

27 Margaret Aloyo Member Mar Yen CFM group

F CBO 0784 313156

28 Alfred Onen Elkana CAO Lamwo DLG M Alfredelkana53@yahoo.com 0772 351521 29 Richard Komakech Ag. DNRO Lamwo DLG M Komtroy1@gmail.com 0772 480668 30 Godfrey Toolit Programme

Associate UNHCR M toolit@unhcr.org 0789 483747

31 Herbert Mwangale PO-ENK Environment Alert M herbertwep@gmail.com 0774 022804 32 Polycarp M. Mwima PO IUCN - UCO M Polycarp.mwima@iucn.org 0772 602697 33 Adiya Namusubo Supervisor NFA - Kitgum F namusubo@gmail.com 0776 617960 34 Pope Onen Member UFWG Northern

Node & Agoro Platform

M onenpope@yahoo.com 0779 758544

35 Sunday Anek Grace Member Agoro Platform & Kwan Kony Tree Project

F sundaygrace@yahoo.com 0772 351397

36 Alba Oyella Olweny Member Agoro Platform F Olweny_alba@yahoo.com 0782 888455 37 Kulao Okongo Chairperson Agoro platform &

Kila Tree Planting Association

M CBO 0772 901429

38 Brenda Kakonyero Claudia

Program Officer Kitgum Women Peace Initiative

F Kiwepi383@gmail.com 0782 890086

39 Alossius Opio B. SAS Agoro, Lamwo M opiobongomin@gmail.com 0782 603395 40 Richard Oyat Oloya Secretary

Production Lamwo DLG M Oyatoloya403@gmail.com 0772 331900

41 Robert Okello Coordinator EFSR Lamwo M Robertokello@oxfarm.org 0782 684722 42 Solomon Nokrach

Oscar Ag. Program Coordinator

Kitgum M solomonoscarnokrach@gmail.com

0777 648920

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43 Valent Okot Otanu Group Member Lumwaka Tree Planting Association

M CBO 0774 844162

44 Rwot Amos Olok Sempa

Cultural Leader Agoro - Lamwo M Sempaamos204@gmail.com 0772 613539

45 Desmond Anywar Environment Officer

Lamwo DLG M Desmondanywar@gmail.com 0779 939592

46 Richard Otim Lamwo DLG M otimrichardo@gmail.com 0775 011523 47 Patrick Odongtho C/person LEPA Lamwo

Enviromental Protection Assn.

M CBO 0782 651184

48 Walter Apire Akena Group Member Lamwo M 0783 048535 49 Hidy Fauza Group Member Lamwo M 0772 609689 50 Polycarp Odoch Agoro Lamwo M 0783 657777 51 John Komakech

Ogwok C/person LC V Lamwo DLG M johnogwok@gmail.com 0772 388302

52 Richard Onencan Driver (CAO) Lamwo DLG M 0782 560284 53 Deo Isingoma Driver (S/Mgr) NFA M 0772 664639 54 Godfrey Walugembe Driver Environment Alert M 0774 610220 55 Geoffrey Ogik Driver (LC V) Lamwo DLG M 0783 518374 56 James Omoding SPO IUCN - UCO M James.OMODING@iucn.org 0772 437169 57 Christopher

Lutakome John FA/Driver IUCN M Christopher.LUTAKOME@iu

cn.org 0772 437256

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