Trees or sugar? Conservationists, traditional kingdom clash over Ugandan forest

A bulldozer parked on land claimed by the Bunyoro Kingdom near Nsozi village in Uganda, on May 22, 2019. PHOTO | THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION

A troop of baboons lounge on the road through Bugoma forest, while unseen birds hoot from the canopy above.

Close by the forest thins out into shrubland, where a bulldozer stands sentry, its muddy blade facing a wall of trees.