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Africa-Press – Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>The authorities of Paibona Sub-county in Gulu District have blamed political leaders for promoting massive tree cutting for commercial charcoal production.<\/p>\n

Mr Joseph Otim, the National Forestry Authority (NFA) sector manager, in an interview on Friday, said local leaders at sub-county and district levels connive with charcoal dealers in the guise of raising revenue.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of the biggest challenges in forest governance in this country is that the people who should be taking action are relaxed. The ones in office, the foresters, and the leaders at all levels view charcoal trade as a lucrative business. So everyone looks at what goes into their pockets, at the expense of conservations,\u201d Mr Otim said.<\/p>\n

He said some of the forest officials have been targeted and threatened by such leaders, especially whenever they impound forest products.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnother challenge is the people who are highly placed and connected in the security organs who issue threats,\u201d Mr Otim added.<\/p>\n

During a field assessment by the district authorities to map deforestation in the area last week, heaps of cut trees being burnt for charcoal were found but no dealers found on site.<\/p>\n

But in Akor and Ayweri villages that have chunks of deforested land, there are 193 registered commercial charcoal dealers. Some of these dealers were found on site and have been asked to abandon the trade. For fear of prosecution, some of the dealers withheld their identities. They, however, told Daily Monitor that they cannot abandon charcoal business because it is their only source of livelihood.<\/p>\n

Mr Jackson Ayoli, the chairperson of Paibona Sub-county, however, said leaders cannot fight commercial charcoal burning because it is a major source of revenue.<\/p>\n

He noted that the sub-county collected Shs3 million in the Financial year 2021\/2021 from taxing charcoal and other forest products. From the September to November 2022 quarter, Mr Ayoli said the sub-county collected Shs3.1 million from forest-related products.<\/p>\n

\u201cForest products are one of the major sources of local revenue in this sub county and without it, paying the allowances of the sub-county councillors and other staff would be a huge challenge,\u201d Mr Ayoli said.<\/p>\n

The Sub-county Chief, Mr David Kercan, said Paibona projected to collect Shs 16 million in local revenue in the last Financial Year (2021\/2022). Local revenue sources include local service tax, trading licenses, and operations from Non-Governmental Organisations. \u201cHowever, we realised only 67 percent of local revenue projections, translating to Shs 10,720,000 out of Shs16 million,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Ms Betty Aol Ocan, the Gulu City Woman Member of Parliament, said local governments should be innovative and find other sources of revenues.<\/p>\n

The Global Forest Watch says Gulu District lost 988 hectares to illegal logging and charcoal burning in 2021\u2014an equivalent to 440,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions.<\/p>\n

It is also estimated that between 2001 and 2021, Gulu lost 38,700 hectares of tree cover.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Uganda. The authorities of Paibona Sub-county in Gulu District have blamed political leaders for promoting massive tree cutting for commercial charcoal production. 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