"Save Zoka forest" - William Amanzuru on the Hard Questions
Join us as we explore the urgent issue of deforestation in Zoka Forest, Adjumani District. Despite President Yoweri Museveni's directive to halt charcoal trade and tree cutting in Northern Uganda, the illegal activity persists.
We speak with William Leslie Amanzuru, Team Leader at Friends of Zoka, about the efforts to protect this vital tropical rainforest. With over 70 trailers of charcoal leaving the district weekly, the depletion of Zoka Forest's 7,000 hectares is alarming.
Watch as we deep dive into the story of local resistance, security checks, and the fight to preserve our natural resources.
Jump to section:
00:00 Intro. Welcome to the show!
2:25 About Zoka forest
5:39 What's happening in Zoka forest?
7:46 Apaa Land conflict
8:10 The army in Zoka forest
10:03 Illegal logging in Zoka forest
14:16 How Illegal logging happens amidst tight security
16:38 Proof of heavy trucks in Zoka
19:21 The charcoal trade in Adjumani
23:00 Has the local government failed?
24:09 The owners of the charcoal business in Adjumani
29:24 Community arrests charcoal trucks
34:57 President's reaction
36:39 Ugandan charcoal as an export
37:54 Your experience in fighting for Zoka
42:12 Are you fighting a losing battle?
44:10 Message to the President
45:05 Outro. Thanks for watching!
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Very insightful....thank you, Mr. Amanzuru for your dedication to save our forest. Our leaders are just bunch of idiyoots.
Brave people like William Amanzuru and the Friends of Zoka make me hoping that our planet shall survive. Thank you for what you are doing day by day.
This is painful 😢
William speaks calm as true leader , our government is lacking a lot according to Mr Williams words.
The level of impunity and destruction may not be about to stop. I remember in the year 2019, I under our umbrella of Walkers Association of Uganda together with Friends of Zoka, sponsored by Ministry of Water and Environment, walked from Kampala to Adjumani to raise the plight of the forest. But seems the destruction is worsening. Where will Zoka ehist in the next 20 years?
#save Zoka forest #save Bugoma forest
SAVE LUNGS OF THE NORTHERN UGANDA 😢
We have to continue amplifying voices and save our mother planet beyond threats and intimidations.
Oh my God! tell them but be careful.
SAVE ZOKA FOREST.
Painful to hear but God is seeing them😂😂
I believe one of the ways of combating this issue is to create/encourage other alternative and sustainable sources of livelihood. It’s difficult or close to impossible to convince people to surrender charcoal burning when it’s the only means they know can feed them/earn them some money, unless of course we use the other alternative which is Force (but how long can we sustain forceful means) and at what cost. Let me know what you think.
@africaniij
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Thank you for the comment. 🙏
@agnesdipio7957
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Unfortunately it's not the people around who deplete it but from other regions. How sad?
Solomon I was told you are actually a forester, is that true?