Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, is composed of rugged terrain/hills prone to erosion and so is the area around Mgahinga Gorilla National Park. The communities living adjacent the two National parks are engaged in subsistence farming as a source of livelihood for food and income generation. Due to poor methods of farming, over cultivation, steepness of the land (gradient), high rainfall intensity among others, makes the area susceptible to soil erosion thus which affects crop production.
In an effort to curb all the above encumbrances, BMCT is working with local communities to solve the challenges of land degradation through massive mobilization of communities to engage in Sustainable Land Management (SLM). Activities such as construction of trenches, planting of calliandra seedlings to stabilize bands, planting bamboo on the edges of the steep land to reduce water run-off and planting Gravellier trees have been implemented in the three districts of Kisoro, Kanungu and Rubanda benefitting over 35 sub-counties.