New Forests Company announces suspension of tree planting in Uganda

British New Forests Company (NFC) has announced that it has suspended tree planting in Uganda for 2012. The company says that will “result in 560 job losses in the Mubende, Kiboga, Kyankwanzi and Bugiri districts.” The decision to suspend planting and lay off workers follows the outcry caused by an Oxfam report released September 2011Continue reading “New Forests Company announces suspension of tree planting in Uganda”