Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 6 hours ago
Uganda’s Kibale National Park – known as the primate capital of the world – looks lush and green… but step inside, and you quickly realise something’s wrong.
What looks like a healthy forest is actually dominated by a single plant that won’t let young trees grow. How did this happen? And can it be fixed? And what role does wildlife dung play in the forest’s recovery?
In this video, we meet the people working on a long-term solution — one that doesn’t just restore the forest, but rebuilds wildlife habitat, provides jobs to local communities, and protects Uganda’s trees from being cut.
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#uganda #reforestation #ecosia #climateaction #wildlife
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New Nature Foundation
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⌚️Time stamps
00:00-00:48 – Intro
00:48-02:45 – Meet acanthus: The plant taking over
02:45-03:50 – How the plant hijacked the forest
03:50-04:29 – How we're bringing native trees back
04:30-05:58 – How wildlife dung helps
05:58-07:12 – First results of forest restoration
07:12-08:09 – The twist: How acanthus could save forests
08:09-10:17 – Margaret’s eco briquette facility
10:17-11:27 – The End… and the future of Uganda’s forests
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CREDITS
Hosts: Jigar Ganatra, Simona Nickmanova
Directors & Cinematography: Jigar Ganatra, Simona Nickmanova
Producers: Linnea Andersson, Simona Nickmanova
Creative director & Editing: Viktorija Manuhina
Script: Linnea Andersson, Jigar Ganatra, Simona Nickmanova
Special thanks to:
Uganda Conservation Foundation
Aliganyira Emmanuel Amooti
Colin Chapman
Martin Golooba
Patrick Omeja
New Nature Foundation
Margaret Kemigisa
Uganda’s Kibale National Park – known as the primate capital of the world – looks lush and green… but step inside, and you quickly realise something’s wrong.
What looks like a healthy forest is actually dominated by a single plant that won’t let young trees grow. How did this happen? And can it be fixed? And what role does wildlife dung play in the forest’s recovery?
In this video, we meet the people working on a long-term solution — one that doesn’t just restore the forest, but rebuilds wildlife habitat, provides jobs to local communities, and protects Uganda’s trees from being cut.
🌳 👉To support projects like this, you just need to switch to Ecosia as your search engine, browser or app. It’s free and takes two clicks: ecosia.co/join
#uganda #reforestation #ecosia #climateaction #wildlife
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🍿 WATCH NEXT:
A playlist of our followers’ favorite videos: ecosia.co/ecosiafavorites
💘 OUR PARTNERS IN THIS VIDEO
Uganda Conservation Foundation
ugandacf.org
instagram.com/ugandacf
🌳 The Briquette Factory is powered by:
New Nature Foundation
newnaturefoundation.org
———————————————
⌚️Time stamps
00:00-00:48 – Intro
00:48-02:45 – Meet acanthus: The plant taking over
02:45-03:50 – How the plant hijacked the forest
03:50-04:29 – How we're bringing native trees back
04:30-05:58 – How wildlife dung helps
05:58-07:12 – First results of forest restoration
07:12-08:09 – The twist: How acanthus could save forests
08:09-10:17 – Margaret’s eco briquette facility
10:17-11:27 – The End… and the future of Uganda’s forests
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OUR OTHER SOCIALS:
🌎The Ecosia Blog blog.ecosia.org (also in DE and FR)
📸Instagram instagram.com/ecosia
🤳TikTok tiktok.com/@ecosia
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CREDITS
Hosts: Jigar Ganatra, Simona Nickmanova
Directors & Cinematography: Jigar Ganatra, Simona Nickmanova
Producers: Linnea Andersson, Simona Nickmanova
Creative director & Editing: Viktorija Manuhina
Script: Linnea Andersson, Jigar Ganatra, Simona Nickmanova
Special thanks to:
Uganda Conservation Foundation
Aliganyira Emmanuel Amooti
Colin Chapman
Martin Golooba
Patrick Omeja
New Nature Foundation
Margaret Kemigisa
