ABSTRACT
This chapter provides a 'state of the art' overview of forest carbon offsetting programmes of various forms in Uganda, and the varied political–ecological implications of these interventions. It explains the 'state of carbon forestry' in Uganda, including its diverse array of social, political and ecological implications. Uganda has attracted significant donor funding for carbon forestry projects, and is widely perceived to be a stable location for conservation and environmental practitioners, and with a generally low level of forest cover, which provides the exigency for intervention the part of numerous actors. Hence, problems within carbon forestry must be understood as part and parcel of the sector, occurring within the context of limited environmental governance accountability, and in the context of an occasional reluctance to learn the lessons from earlier implemented pilot projects of which Uganda has a number. As importantly, the emergence of carbon forestry has come on the back of a long history of change within the Ugandan forestry sector.
