Communities United for Environmental and Biodiversity Conservation

Communities protecting what sustains them

CEBCO mobilises and empowers communities across Uganda to conserve biodiversity and restore degraded ecosystems.

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Awareness that starts in the neighbourhood

Door-to-door and open-air outreach teaches people to sort, reuse and stop burning plastic waste.

Communities & climate

Young people leading the clean-up

Youth and women take part in cleaning, recycling and decisions about the places they live.

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People and nature thrive together

Communities United for Environmental and Biodiversity Conservation (CEBCO) is a non-governmental, community-based organisation focused on protecting ecosystems and conserving biodiversity.

We empower communities to take up the mantle against environmental destruction, through inclusive, locally led action.

Who we are

Our programmes

All 10 objectives

Conserve & Restore

Biodiversity, forests and wetlands, backed by research and monitoring of what is changing on the ground.

Communities & Climate

Climate adaptation, environmental education, sustainable livelihoods and the inclusion of women and youth.

Advocacy & Partnerships

Environmental justice, effective enforcement of laws, and partnerships with government and civil society.

Our vision

To build communities in which humans coexist with nature, biodiversity flourishes, and ecosystems are sustained for generations to come.

Our mission

To mobilise, empower and work with communities to conserve biodiversity, restore degraded ecosystems, promote environmental awareness and advance sustainable livelihoods through inclusive, locally led action.

Latest stories

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Urban Green Spaces

Green spaces are the lungs of our city, and they need our care

Grassy embankments, road reserves and roundabouts do far more than make a city look pleasant. They cool the air, soak up rain and shelter life, if we keep them clean and protected.

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Ecosystems

Cities are ecosystems too: the hidden life of the road reserve

Look closely at a flyover embankment or a drainage line and you will find a working ecosystem of soil, water, plants, animals and people, all depending on one another.

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Conservation

Conservation and biodiversity restoration begin with the community

Lasting conservation is owned by the people who live closest to forests, wetlands and water. Here is how we think about protecting what is healthy and restoring what has been lost.

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