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Stop the destruction of Uganda’s Zoka Forest by illegal loggers!
Illegal cartels are cutting down the endangered trees of the Zoka Central Forest Reserve in Uganda and profiting off them by exporting them to countries like China and Vietnam. We need your help to stop these cartels to protect the livelihoods of the Ma’di people and to protect the precious biodiversity of the only rainforest of northern Uganda.

Defenders of Zoka have tried for years to stop these environmental crimes, but have been met with opposition and violence from the cartels who are often assisted by the local military. Just recently, William Amanzuru, the founder of Friends of Zoka, narrowly escaped arrest from the Moyo district commissioner who sought to stop his footage of the illegal logging from being shared, and a journalist doing the same was assaulted by the loggers and detained by the local police.

Uganda’s Ministry of Water and Environment has already established a decree that bans the logging of the Afezelia Africana and Shea Nut Trees, but the illegal logging has continued, threatening the entire existence of the Zoka forest. Friends of Zoka estimates that 90% of these logs are trafficked to China, with the rest going to countries like Vietnam.

Friends of Zoka and the Ma’di community desperately needs your help. Together, let’s demand that the National Forest Authority in Uganda and the Ministry of Water and Environment stop these illegal loggers from taking the precious treasures of Zoka, and that the embassies to Uganda of the European Union, the United States, China, and Vietnam ensure that the proper support is given to stop the illicit logging trade.