 I have to give uploads to ecosystem restoration camps that, in this, it is standing still with us as Comp Human Nature in the development of tools that we can use in training the young generation in schools, in institutions like vocational institutions. We have the really young, and those tools have been placed. Elliot Corner, the founder of Human Nature Projects Internationally, was the first to give me a tool for training young people in communities. That was a way back when we had just started almost. And ecosystem restoration camps has done the same. And now for me to implement, I am on ground, and I have to assure everyone who is listening to me and seeing me. I am destined to giving my effort, my life, to have a sustained mother earth. My efforts shall continue, not only in Uganda, not only in Africa, but globally, with enemies that I might be able to give my heart, my skills, and my all. The second is to promote the clean energy to reduce deforestation through campaigns and advocacy. Work. This has been implemented. We are underway. The journey is extremely long, because we can't see exactly where we are going, but we know the route. And we know it is the right route. It is the fact we have saved several campaigns. We have mobilized the people, community leaders, because we stand on the people of inclusive community participation. The local leaders, the cultural leaders, the religious leaders have been reached in all angles, especially in Uganda. We have written to them, we have called them, we have summoned them. The members of parliament, for the same cause, to overcome the global pandemic climate change, to restore the ecosystems in place, the challenge of the soil degradation, simply reclamation, and mention it, threatening the endangered species. We are conserving wildlife in the same camp, and that is the chimpanzee. Why would we do this? Nature is nature. Over 750 hectares of land that we are destined to restore, that has been asked of us by the National Forest Authority in Uganda, who is our collaborator, partner in contributing to the same efforts. This land is under threat too, especially the natural sources that are on it, the forest resource, and the wildlife. The place is very rich with wildlife. For sure it is a high end object. We have the albino chimpanzees that is quite very rare, especially in Africa, but the fascinating issues of the chimps brings about our zeal to conserve it. We follow the rules where they came from, because there is another forest result, which was depleted completely, and so they migrated from there to this forest result. A few that survived to be killed, and so for us, our efforts, in addition to what Uganda Wildlife Authority and other actors in conserving wildlife are doing. Our efforts are safe also now to engineering wildlife. The same applies to how they depleted their forest resource. We are saying now, the time is now, a better tomorrow is made today. We are now awake, and we have taken the first step of implementing that what is there should be conserved. And what is not there, needs to be put back. We have various activities that are really taking place, including creating awareness, which is one of our objectives. In communities, in schools, about human wildlife conflicts, coexistence between humanism and wildlife, and how the resources can be shared in an equitable and sustainable manner. How does this take root? Well, the generation that is doing that might have been quite not aware. But then, here we came up with an idea that we are able to let the new generation, and that one which is still there, to understand with information dissemination, by training and sensitizing them. This has been effective, and we are affecting it with the help of the local leaders who are passing the mobilization of the people in various villages. And those that are educated in the same sector to help us disseminate the information. So many people on the ground, they have not been knowing the importance of coexist, living together with wildlife. But we have seen so many things happen in this world, where the zone is that have a lot of chimpanzees. The communities have gardens which go to the extremities of the natural resource, that's the forest resource. So how much we have an issue regarding the boundary making by the authorities, there are no clear boundaries between coming to land and wildlife, wildlife habitats. That one does not bring about humans to inconvenience the wildlife. We have found scenarios where in such areas where there is wildlife and people are happily living with the wildlife, they don't inconvenience their gardens. Completely, they move smartly, they move around, they play around. People enjoy looking at them because they are half humans. That's what they call the half humans. They do what a human can be. It is to a surprise that some communities managed to inconvenience by threatening to capture a baby chimpanzee. So they captured it and took it to their home community. In the very evening, a male chimpanzee with a female attacked one baby, human being, and so was taken to the bush. Then since one man asked the family that inconvenience to take back the baby chimpanzee to the forest the following day. They took the baby chimpanzee to the forest and after two hours and something, the baby human being also came back. I think there is some relationship between humans and wildlife that we need to maintain. As Camp Human Nature started in 2020, we started all this work of conserving wildlife in Iqakumiro, within the western part of Uganda. And I have to let you know that before we are trying to add to other hectares, including the government of the Republic of Uganda, in the restoring ecosystem and conserving Mother Earth with its own nature. There are more than 700 human nature fields to conserve, to restore, to give proper smart practices that the communities should use. Up to now, we have seen that the people in the local communities are still alive. And that's why our civilization efforts shall not immediately come to season, but will need more handy. Of course, the camp covers an area of 540 hectares. That is the land that we have in Tokyo. But that is without now the community land. The community has given its support by accepting to restore together with human nature. The area has, of course, modern sub-animal climate, which is very good for agriculture, settlement. There is one life that needs to thrive. And we have two rainfall regimes. We call it seasons in a year. And that means this rainfall starts from March to June, and then augurs to December. And those are high peak months for a lot of activities. We don't misuse those that time period. Once we are set, once we have organized ourselves in the house, it is a busy time. Nevertheless, due to being a very good area for agriculture, settlement has come in as a threat. Increased agricultural land use has threatened the natural resource and which is, at the same time, a habitat for wildlife. It is so much inconvenience and disturbing to listen on the side of the parties. The local community argues that they need to have more food to sustain themselves. And they have nowhere to go and add themselves land, apart from inconveniencing themselves on the forestry source, which is the habitat for wildlife. It becomes a conflict. Either you leave the community to encroach on the forestry source, destroy all the tree species that had been left by our grandfathers and mothers. Why are they used to get the medicine, source of medicine, so that agriculture can take over due to wrong practices of agriculture? But we have said no. The answer is listen to the voice from your manager with all other actors that it is coming to you with to sustainably use smart practices. Use the small land you have and produce bigger. Stop use of herbicides. They are destroying the land. The fertility has been decreased drastically. Every time and every day because of the wrong practices. We are part of those who are championing the change by explaining this to all people of various categories, right from the young who are succeeding those who are facing out in schools and in communities. The dropouts, the teeny margots, because there are many human nature stands on a number of values that includes honesty. We stand on being honest, not to ourselves, but before the community and the environment. If we are not honest to the environment with its own nature, then tomorrow is not good for me and you who is seeing today. We need to have good integrity. Every time. And the transparency of course hard working is our motto. Every day we have to say before we move out of that. And lastly, we are focused and the destiny to pursuing our goal, our vision and our mission. As I said, the journey is longer. We have a number of activities, which includes the greening schools activity. Here, we have various schools where we are giving our support in letting them know where they will be in the next. They are by future in the next few years. After when they are saying that the tree is that have been feeding them, I am talking about the fruit trees. Like the mangoes, they have been cut because of the desire to have quick and to survive for an hour. You destroy a tree that feeds the future. So this young generation that you're seeing there. I am there. I am telling them and they all were lifting up trees because it is the way to go. They have to plant for themselves. In the case the current generation destroys what is there, let the younger generation put what will serve them and serve others to come. A better tomorrow starts today and now. We are on the file of re greening. Where it seems to be. The certification. Deserted degraded deforested. And where there is. Every where there is. In the case there is nobody. Community nurseries is one of our activities. The projects we are doing we need to have highly equipped. Nurseries that have. Enough seedlings. In our store we have enough seed species. We take some time to go into the wild. The forest to look for seeds. See the collection is one of the key activities and it is very powerful. Not easy, but so enjoy. Enjoy when you go with the heart of making it. We collect the seeds from the wildness. Sometimes when we are pushed to the extreme and we have nothing we buy the seeds. And they are sold expensive. Sometimes and most of the time we are not able to buy. And sometimes we are able to collaborate to share with our partners who are having the same goal. So that we fulfill. Our targets. Every year. Every season. We set for proper. Work plan. For the next five years. We must reach five million trees. To be planted. In the next 10 years. Five million trees as a manager. In the next 10 years, but we started on it already detailed. So we are learning with about seven years. And I believe we are there. Another we do livelihood improvement. In about to promote a health and sustainable coexistence between communities and environment. Yes, human nature project is embarking on the tree species that. Directly address the needs of the communities. Because not every tree is helping. In the communities. But we are trying to incorporate to a to bring about what can bring the gap. It is helping the communities. In several ways. By planting multi-purpose crop trees. Crop trees. And this includes. The passionate trees. High value crop trees. Coffee. But integrated with our forest trees. Some people. They think they have small land. For sure. But. This has been still revised. On by planting on the boundaries of their land. With the neighbors. And sparsely populating trees. Besides that. We encourage and we are. Camping. For fruit tree growing in communities. In the same way by sparsely planting them. So that every household. Has fruit trees. Has a group of trees. Have at least the medicine of trees. Helping them not to all inconvenience the forest. The forest trees. The habitat for wildlife. There will be no sights and sound. If at all we don't wake up today. If at all we don't raise our voices today. If at all we do not. Combine our efforts together. National and globally. Tomorrow might be more difficult. For several others. And we have looked at the community being. In the cold of livestock. I have to tell. My dear colleagues who are here with me today. That the community. Being a livestock. Center. Corridor. We are encouraging the for that trees. Which are good for. Domestic animals. And they are. Planting those for that trees. They provide shade for animals and people. And the leaves. Are good food for the animals. And it is the very medicine for animals. Some of these trees still. Are good food for some wildlife. The use of the for that trees as food source for their cows. Increase production. And several people. Are earning out of it heavily. The goats. The cows. The sheep. Some people are now into pigs. Rabbits. These are all enterprises that. Help them advance. Try to advance them. In the cheapest. And easiest way. Of course. When the animals are fed by for that trees. For the. The production is. Always increased between 25 to 60. 60%. And the year. One little guy. What is milk and. The farmer about one and a half. Dollar. That means. He's able to sustain a little bit himself. With one liter. Of. Milk. In addition to that there is of course. The The world life bush meat. Which has been the order of the day. In the recent past. I call them now reform the porches. They have left the activity of. Poaching slowly by slowly. And they are our principle navigators. Within the forest. As we are looking for seeds. And good target areas to get. Footages. For wildlife. My reform. Poachers they are good. And they will help me know. Of my colleagues who are here and those who are. Who will see. Us later. To come and check on. Come human nature. Besides that a little bit. About organic farming. The community. Has accepted. The introduction of organic farming. Using. Organic products. Materials. In agriculture. It is very important because. It is sustaining. The land use. Maintaining the fertility. And increasing fertility. And also leading. To the production of the Guinea. Products. Without. Inconveniencing. Soy. And other living organisms. In place. By introducing and educating people. On self-modern farming. Practices. And this has to be replicated. We have not stopped. Now at my nature. We have several other places. We are replicating this. Using. Organic materials. Organic materials. Next. We have. Not only. Planted trees for crops. For fruits only. Neither for fodder. But also we have. Implemented. Planting of some tree. That quickly grow. For fire. So that's still. Our mothers. And women. Will not go immediately to fetch fire. From the forest by cutting down the trees. And also. Not for our brothers. Our fathers and uncles. Not to cut down this. For job. And therefore we have introduced. Together with our. Energy saving stocks. For women. Especially because they are the people. Locally here. They are looking for food. As many are looking for. How they will live healthy. And looking for the source. To bring home for them to cook. So. A little bit about the. Just a little bit. In the previous slide. Oh, sorry, Ronald. I. Okay. Yes, exactly. Our. Part of the cheapest conservation. Association. That is kind of. Together with us. We promote. There is a fuel efficient. The decrease consumption by 60%. And. We are aiming to save. About 10,000. As well as. As well as. Over 100,000. By distributing. 100,000. Energy saving stocks. There's need to support this. Because. It is one of the key. Players. In leading to deforestation. It will reduce on you would use it. By 80% per household. And in addition. Of course, about 60%. A cement will be redacted. Incidences of respiratory diseases. Among the women and children. And all other. In the community. So contributing to health delivery. Community recipients of fuel efficient stores. Also receive minimum over. 100. Three cities to plant on their farms. Because. It is contributing to each. And everyone. That's why we are implementing. The energy saving stores. As one of the activities. That we have. But. Human nature. Human nature. Next. Of course, there is vegetable growing. This just came in. Of recent. It started last year in. I think September. Where by the way, there has been. A lot. Of now, teenage mothers. And they have. Nothing to do. For what could really. Help these young people. Who are. Having. Other young ones. That they are. And trying to get a phone. So through. Community gatherings. And with the help of the local leaders. Who help us in mobilization. Of the. And use. Have been. In the. In the sustaining. Implementing. Vegetable growing. It helps them. And money. Almost. We try to find to source. For the good seeds. For the particular type of. Vegetables. This has also not only been. In the rural areas. But also in the same. And it has really resulted. Into good units. Because many of them. Have appreciated. And they will continue appreciating. Because. Our. Struggle. Our A. Must come. To be achieved. And this will only be. When we are together. When there is acceptance. When there is. The youth. Who are highly unemployed. Have now taken on such. Opportunities also. To go into vegetable growing. It keeps them busy. And quite focused. Next. Next. Yes. This. I am considering the time. It's already six. Maybe you can. Close it off. In. Two or five minutes so people still have some. Space to ask you questions as well. It's well. I have no objection. Though I was just summarizing up with. Cleanser. And a way of harvesting water. How we are helping the communities. To harvest. Both ground water. And from the trees. It is very key and very important. Water from trees. Is have wasted in the ports. Like a person. Small gentle. And then the ground water. Helping them. To make bricks. And also. Store one or keep some water for. They are used. In the daily lives. Maybe you can go the next time up. The last one. Yes, the chimpanzee wildlife conservation. Of course, that one I talked about it. Of course, it has been much. More so affected. By the. Ignorance of so many people. When they are not aware. And they need a lot of. Self-stabilization and training. We need to put efforts in planting trees. We need to. Have. An organized. An organized. And more. Concentrated. Team. To support this team. Next. Of course, the forest gardening in schools. Is very key and very important. We are by all schools. That are in our reach. We established. We established forest. Within the. Small garden is their compounds. But in those forests have. Quite a lot of different species. Though. Most of the. Paramount or important species that are medicine. And with various. Impotences have been depleted. Have been threatened. But of course, even in the communities. We have. A courage. At least to have. A forest. Which it gathers quite a lot of species. In a small cell. In our 11 cells that we are operating. At least every cell. We have. A forest. That we are establishing. Next. Yes, we have. Of course, key challenge. That the interspecies. Real pulse. And in this. These are not limited to human life conflict. It is very broad. I'm not going to detail. The. Environmental degradation. The habitat loss. First to wildlife migration. Wildlife trade. The inclination in the pulse and low implementation. Of course. The threat. To indigenous species. Desertification and family. Of course, which results in food. And population reduction. Those are very. Very. Very important. That each of us. Should look. Read. Understand. Think and act. So that tomorrow. We can have a better living. What affects me here. Locally. Today, tomorrow. It will affect. John where he is. Right now. Next. Of course, we have trials. Human nature. To find solutions. To replanting. The political will and clear leadership. Restoration of the mother. That is the collective win. That ecosystem restoration camp. Has decided to give the. The upper arm. The right hand to your manager. Several other camps. Globally. To overcome such challenges. Training and education. Of course, that we are doing. And that we need more. Support efforts. Hand. And to join the efforts in the same. Collaboration and partnership. Like minded key players. In restoration is very important. Of course, monetary. Research. Companies and possible for natural resources. Human life. We are very prime. We need to put them at forefront. If we have to. Live a better tomorrow. Local community inclusive participation. Restoration activities. Must be number one. This helps them. To adopt. And maintain the sustainability. Of what we. Tried to implement. Government and many government agencies. Support for mother. For the future. Is very, very key. As a solution. To the above challenges. Next. As we summarize up. Of course, our key parallelism. Human nature projects. Who. Of which I really give my applaud. To the National Forest Authority. Ecosystem restoration camps. Locally. For the future. Is empowerment. In the future. Is empowerment. And other individuals. I give my really. Great and sincere. Thanks. For that very. In the heart. In the supporting restoration activities. I have to thank you so much. I have to say. I think the last slide would be. My. Only name. Ronald. As I remain. And the camp. Manager. Human nature. And the National Director. Human nature. I am so grateful and so humble. For all of you. And listening to me. God bless you. And I thank you. For all of you. Thank you so much. Thank you, Ronald. Thank you so much. It's incredible what you are all doing. And it's so important that you're. Focusing so much on. Education. And empowering the local community. Yeah, I think everyone. It's very interested. About your project. Are there any questions for, for Ronald. Just to clarify. I don't know if you have any questions. I don't know if you have any questions for Ronald. Just tell a lot, but maybe there. Are questions. If not, I do have a, I do. Oh. Ernie Ernest. Sorry. You are muted, but. Yes, you are muted, but. I'm muted. Of course, I forgot to put on the microphone. Hello. Yes. Ronald, I have a question. I have a question for you. Do you seem to happen. Over a big, big surface. And how do you go to the communities? Do you have counselors? Do you have people. Who are instructed and go around to spread the message to instruct people to. How does it work? Thank you, Ernest. I will ask straight. I don't know. Maybe you wanted to say something. Well, I suppose that I understood. The problem is. In which you operate with your camp activities and your, your goals. It's quite big. You instruct people. I understood to do this. Sustainable agriculture and all you explained to us. How does it work? Do you have people. Who go. To the communities, or do the communities come to you? Do they have to move to your place? How does it work? I have to let you know that one in our agenda of inclusive community participation, inclusive community participation, we bring on board, we bring on board community leaders first of all, political leaders, cultural leaders, religious leaders, the youth leaders and the women leaders. We call them and they understand our concepts and we work very closely. They do speak in mobilizing, helping us, our team in mobilization of the community. As we are disseminating the information, we first disseminate to the local leaders. It is very prime and very key and that's how we manage to penetrate in any area that we intend. Okay, thank you. Thank you, Ronald. I think that is really powerful and for many camps an interesting way to connect with the local community. Peter, you have a question? Yeah, I do because so much of what your presentation described is how you are looking for what I would call nature-based solutions, which is the often happening term right now in the world, but basically teaching people how nature can provide. And then there is the work to reconcile the wildlife and human interaction, the chimpanzees especially and how people can change their relationship. How is your experience with people and their openness to see themselves as part of nature and involved with nature and that nature is plentiful for us? How is that being accepted? Thank you, Peter. The first thing I will look at is how to start with how the humanists have embraced what we are doing. One, the tree planting that we are engaging locally in the communities and in the forest is the integrated community tree planting system, which involves fruit tree growing which helps all households to have the real expectation that their children will have fruits in the next ten year future. They will feed on them because most of them have grown on fruits. Without even eating food lunch, they are full already, the stomachs are full and they have managed to grow, but they have cut them down because of the small and urgent gain. So the wildlife from the inside the forest are coming out because they are looking for food. The fruits have been cut in the forest. The community have accepted to also support by participating in the planting trees within the forest, where they cut the trees, the fruits for the wildlife so that the effect of wildlife affecting, inconveniencing the crops is given a mind, is given a solution. And therefore the community is also now aggressively understanding the concept that we are bringing As we restore the ecosystem, they are also having an addition on their land, the number of trees, and they now know that the trees can cause rainfall formation. So they are aware that to avoid the desertification of all droughts, how to break, they must plant the trees so that they can have rainfall to grow their crops. Besides that, they know that the areas where trees are, the soils are quite soft and very fertile because they have seen now some areas that has taken long without trees. It is always very hard area, hard soils are found. The area is always eroded, there has been erosion that has taken place. So it is very, very infertile, next to you, almost not useful. So the effect of tree planting cause comes to their mind and they really understand it as now a good concept, those that we have already reached and to those we have not yet reached, they will also pick the concept because in the same area, same challenges are affecting most of them. Thank you Ronald. And maybe with the wildlife, one, for example, the birds, the animals, I will talk about the chimpanzees that always come and how they have managed to exist. Because animals always like fruits and to play on trees. When they cut down the trees where they play from, they always come in the gardens and instead of playing with these small, small tree shrubs or something, they jump on bananas and they end up eating bananas. Because in areas where there are trees and there are bananas, they mostly do not affect the bananas. They will go and play on the trees just jumping on here, here and there and enjoying also the environment. They are very fascinating when you are there or when you are looking at it. That is how I can really answer Peter. Thank you Ronald. Can you also say that the local leaders that you are working with, that they have become an advocate for what human nature is doing and that they also are spreading the word and educating their local community? Yes, indeed. I have to let you know that we call them governors of the district like the chairperson Elosifai. Now the prime minister of the Republic of Uganda comes from the same district. The prime minister and he has embraced, has accepted the ecosystem restoration activities to go on and on until Jesus comes back. And I have liked it because nature is nature. She knows that once we inconvenience nature, we are inconveniencing humanists. She has already studied the concept of nature that we have given to her, that we have shared with her. And so now she is a good converted, born again, nature conservationist as a prime minister of Uganda. And maybe one thing I can add on that Peter wanted to know, these people also among these trees that we give them, they have expectations that after 20 years, they can be able to sell some of these trees because we tell them that minimum of 20 years, leave those trees to go. Maybe you will have known they use that after 20 years this tree has been here, it should be given more 20 years to make 40 years. So they have it in mind that at least minimum of 40 years, these trees must survive. They are helping them and they will help them and those who will be there. Thank you Ronald. That's beautiful. Are there any other questions for Ronald? If so, you can raise your hand or I do have one more question Ronald and it's more about monitoring and evaluation and also make visited you and your site. And I'm curious how is monitoring and evaluation going? Is that still something that is really in development for your project or? It is one key area that we have as a challenge that we need more hand. We need to develop a monitoring scheme. The efforts to recognize what we have put in place about its growth and development. And also the management is very key. There is a sound lack in the organization as young as we are, but more so, our need to effect our work plan is very, very much important. Little by little makes us grow, makes us move. And that's why in our arrangements, we mobilize resources collectively and still it is my call that together we are stronger and we can achieve. Let us all join hands, support human nature, support human nature, support Uganda and everyone support ecosystem restoration to continue to go ahead to have a wonderful future. Thank you, Ronald. I agree. I agree. Is there any last question or is this a beautiful ending that indeed we are building this movement together and we are stronger together? And that we are all advocates for making this world a better place and supporting ecosystem restoration and sharing that with everyone we know that this is the great work of our time? Yeah. Is there any last question? Yeah. Go for it. Do you receive many European people helping out? Are there many European people coming to your place? Yes, they come. Many. Mostly like Europeans. Okay. Yeah. Mostly like Europeans and they're sorry, sorry, go ahead, Ernest. As I said, do you know the project in not far from you, 75 kms from Uganda, developed the training center in Kigali, did you ever hear of it? I have heard about them. Which is a wonderful and very inspiring project as well and you might catch up with them because they have a very interesting, well that's where I met John by the way, that's where I met John Lee, he went to see that in 2020 and I haven't looked because I was just spread the message. Ronald, I put you in touch with them, you are DT through Alida, yeah, I've met them also. I think it's interesting because I think it's a very interesting base to have another camp maybe even working together with you, but that will be powerful, yeah, must be welcome. Thank you Ernest for that tip, so indeed we are stronger together, so it might be powerful connection. Yes, exactly. All right. Any other last questions or tips, otherwise I really want to thank you for joining this session, it was again really lovely and thank you so much Ronald for your time and sharing your story with us, yeah it really struck us all so thank you so much and all the work that you are doing, it's really incredible and yeah again thank you everyone and indeed we are advocates for ecosystem restoration ourselves, so like it, share it, fund it, it's our campaign just to get the word out and get more people into this incredible movement. Thank you so much everyone for joining and I want to wish you a very lovely holiday season wherever you are, I hope you will spend it in health and with your family and friends. All right, see you in the new year. Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas. Bye bye. Bye bye everyone, thank you so much for being with you all. Bye bye. Thank you, thank you Mickey, I can see you, thanks everyone, thank you general, thank you everyone. Wow, that's been so powerful. Thank you Judy. Thank you.