Timeless Bamboo has secured 10 acres of land in Uganda’s Mukura sub-county for a bamboo-based carbon pilot, working with Swiss blockchain company Fedrok AG to record project data on-chain. Baseline surveys were completed in September 2025, and planting is expected to begin in the fourth quarter of 2025, the organizations said in a joint statement.
The project brings together a community-led restoration effort with a digital infrastructure layer aimed at transparency. Women and youth groups in Mukura will lead mobilization and planting activities, while Fedrok’s system will record consultations, surveys, and planting events on a tamper-proof ledger.
A community-led focus
Bamboo restoration has gained traction across East Africa as a tool to repair degraded land and diversify livelihoods. Fast-growing and adaptable, bamboo can provide energy, construction materials, and household goods, reducing reliance on dwindling forest resources. For Mukura, the pilot is designed as both an ecological and a social intervention.
“We see bamboo as a way of restoring the land while also opening opportunities for income and food security,” said Emmanuel Hedwig Engoru, executive director of Timeless Bamboo. “This is not something being done to the community but with them. The leadership of women and young people is deliberate, because the future of sustainable work lies in their hands.”
The emphasis on inclusivity reflects a wider trend in restoration projects across Africa, where community ownership is increasingly seen as a condition for durability. By anchoring the pilot in local participation, the partners aim to ensure both continuity and accountability.
Transparency as infrastructure
Fedrok’s role is to supply the technical backbone. Each project milestone will be recorded through its blockchain, creating what the company calls “an auditable trail” of ecological and social actions. This includes consultation notes, baseline data, planting events, and any mitigation actions taken in the future.
“Transparency has to be designed in from the start,” said James Mulbah, Fedrok’s Regional Manager. “If communities are to trust that the work they are doing is counted, and if outside stakeholders are to engage seriously, then the records must be open and verifiable.”
Carbon and recycling projects have often faced criticism for weak oversight and unverifiable claims. By anchoring restoration data in a permanent ledger, the partners hope to avoid those pitfalls while giving both residents and potential buyers a clearer picture of progress.
What comes next
The initiative is currently at pilot stage. Next steps include finalizing a Memorandum of Understanding that will define activities, roles, and budgets, as well as completing land-use formalization with participating families. Planting is set to begin later this year, following the rains.
While small in scale at 10 acres, the pilot is intended as a demonstration of how bamboo planting can be paired with digital record-keeping. If effective, the model could be adapted in other parts of Uganda or linked into broader carbon credit frameworks.
About the companies
Timeless Bamboo is a regenerative enterprise based in Uganda that develops bamboo-based solutions for energy, agroforestry, and livelihoods. Its work combines land restoration with the development of bamboo-based products for local markets.
Fedrok AG is a Switzerland-based environmental data infrastructure company providing blockchain tools for governance and verification. Its platform is designed to make ecological data auditable and tamper-proof. Beyond Uganda, Fedrok is working with FarmRight in East Africa on climate-smart agriculture and with Greentsika in Madagascar on a recycling-to-digital-token initiative.
The bigger picture
The Mukura pilot highlights how African communities are becoming sites for experimentation in climate finance. While global climate funds direct only a small share of resources to the continent, localized pilots like this one are testing models that blend ecological action, livelihood support, and transparency.
Observers note that much depends on scale and credibility. Projects that can demonstrate both environmental gains and reliable data stand a better chance of attracting investment. For Timeless Bamboo and Fedrok, the coming planting season will be the first measure of whether bamboo cultivation paired with blockchain verification can move from theory to practice.
