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YICE Uganda: Community-Led Agroforestry & Ecosystem Restoration in Eastern Uganda
YICE Uganda
Location
Uganda
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Mbale District, Eastern Uganda
Mbale District, Eastern Uganda
Project Details
A community-anchored restoration hub in the Mount Elgon foothills, regenerating degraded savanna–forest mosaics through agroforestry, native tree corridors, watershed management, and climate-smart agriculture. The project strengthens food systems, biodiversity, and water security in the Nile River watershed.
Restore degraded landscapes, rebuild soil and water cycles, and improve rural livelihoods through community-led agroecology and reforestation.
Serve as a flagship model for climate-resilient agroforestry and rural ecosystem restoration in Uganda.
Classification
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Circular Economy & Zero-Waste Management, Community Regeneration & Resilience Building, Education, Heritage Species & Seed Sovereignty, Indigenous And Traditional Knowledge, Integrated Water Management, Native / Local Ecosystems In Freshwater, Native / Local Ecosystems On Land, Nature-Based Wellbeing & Eco-Spiritual Health, Participatory & Regenerative Governance, Reforestation, Regenerative & Circular Construction, Regenerative Agriculture & Soil Health, Regenerative Entrepreneurship, Regenerative Finance & Impact Investing, Regenerative Fisheries & Aquatic Livelihoods, Regenerative Tourism, Renewable & Decentralized Energy Systems, Research & Participatory Science, Syntropic Agroforestry / Permaculture, Traditional Crafts & Cultural Heritage, Urban Regeneration
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Links
https://www.ecosystemrestorationcommunities.org/community/yice-uganda/
https://www.yiceug.org/contacts/
Location and bioregion map
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Tropical savanna with pronounced dry spells and high interannual variability.
Volcanic loam soils—naturally fertile but degraded by past deforestation; stabilized with perennial cover and organic amendments.
Banana groves, acacia woodlands, native pollinators; elephants, hornbills, small carnivores in regional range.
Part of a regional corridor bridging Mount Elgon protected areas to lowland savannas; priority zone for forest–savanna restoration.
Nile headwaters influence; site feeds intermittent tributaries toward Lake Kyoga and the White Nile.
1,000–1,500 m; gently rolling volcanic slopes.
Bagisu communities and refugee smallholders with strong agroforestry traditions and communal stewardship.
Acknowledges ancestral stewardship of the Bagisu people and shared refugee stewardship.
Agroforestry rotations, seed saving, water harvesting, and slope management embedded in practice.
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