{"id":4082,"date":"2014-05-12T18:25:29","date_gmt":"2014-05-12T18:25:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fortuneofafrica.com\/ug\/?page_id=4082"},"modified":"2014-05-12T18:25:29","modified_gmt":"2014-05-12T18:25:29","slug":"forests-in-uganda","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/afrifacto.com\/ug\/forests-in-uganda\/","title":{"rendered":"Forests in Uganda"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/fortuneofafrica.com\/ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2014\/05\/forests.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4298\" src=\"http:\/\/fortuneofafrica.com\/ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2014\/05\/forests.png\" alt=\"forests\" width=\"351\" height=\"136\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Forests and woodlands cover approximately 4.9 million hectares in Uganda, about 24% of the total land area. The vast majority of this is woodland (19%), while the rest is tropical moist forest (5%) and forest.<br \/>\nThe total forest reserve area is estimated at 1,277,684 hectares, of which 99.6 % is under the Central Forest Reserves while 0.4% is on Local Forest Reserves.<br \/>\nNational Forestry Authority is the lead agency mandated to manage all 506 Central Forest Reserves in Uganda.<br \/>\nUganda offers six principal indigenous\/natural forest reserves for harvesting with hard wood species such as Chlorophora excelsa, Celtis, Maesopsis eminii, Entandrophragma, Cynometra alexandrii, Lovoa brownii, and Newtonia buchanani.<br \/>\nThe following are the main protected forest reserves in Uganda<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/fortuneofafrica.com\/ug\/budongo-forest-reserve\/\">Budongo forest reserve<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/fortuneofafrica.com\/ug\/bugoma-forest-reserve\/\">Bugoma Forest Reserve<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/fortuneofafrica.com\/ug\/bwindi-impenetrable-forest\/\">Bwindi Impenetrable Forest<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/fortuneofafrica.com\/ug\/echuya-forest-reserve\/\">Echuya Uganda Forest Reserve<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/fortuneofafrica.com\/ug\/kalinzu-forest-reserve\/\">Kalinzu Forest Reserve<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/fortuneofafrica.com\/ug\/kasyoha-kitomi-forest-reserve\/\">Kasyoha-Kitomi Forest Reserve<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/fortuneofafrica.com\/ug\/kibale-forest-reserve\/\">Kibaale Forest<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/fortuneofafrica.com\/ug\/lutoboka-bunjazi-forest-reserves\/\"><span class=\"current\">Lutoboka &amp; Bunjazi Forest Reserves<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/fortuneofafrica.com\/ug\/mabira-forest\/\">Mabira forest<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/fortuneofafrica.com\/ug\/maramangambo-forest\/\">Maramagambo Forest<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/fortuneofafrica.com\/ug\/mpanga-forest-reserve\/\">Mpanga Forest Reserve<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/fortuneofafrica.com\/ug\/mount-elgon-forest-reserve\/\">Mt Elgon Forest Reserve<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/fortuneofafrica.com\/ug\/rwenzori-mountain-forest-reserve\/\">Rwenzori Forest Reserve<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/fortuneofafrica.com\/ug\/sango-bay-forest-reserve\/\">Sango Bay Forest Reserve<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>More Information about forestry in Uganda<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>Negative effects of dependence on wood. <a href=\"http:\/\/fortuneofafrica.com\/ug\/negative-effects-of-dependence-on-wood-fuel\/\" target=\"_blank\">Read more<\/a><\/div>\n<div>Conditions that favour growing trees. <a href=\"http:\/\/fortuneofafrica.com\/ug\/conditions-that-favour-growing-trees\/\" target=\"_blank\">Read more<\/a><\/div>\n<div>investment opportunities. <a href=\"http:\/\/fortuneofafrica.com\/ug\/investment-opportunities-in-the-sector\/\" target=\"_blank\">Read more<\/a><\/div>\n<div>Background to plantation farming. <a href=\"http:\/\/fortuneofafrica.com\/ug\/background-to-plantation-farming\/\" target=\"_blank\">Read more<\/a><\/div>\n<div>Common timber species. <a href=\"http:\/\/fortuneofafrica.com\/ug\/common-timber-species\/\" target=\"_blank\">Read more<\/a><\/div>\n<div>Importance of growing trees. <a href=\"http:\/\/fortuneofafrica.com\/ug\/importance-of-growing-trees\/\" target=\"_blank\">Read more<\/a><\/div>\n<div>Challenges facing growing trees. <a href=\"http:\/\/fortuneofafrica.com\/ug\/challenges-facing-growing-trees\/\" target=\"_blank\">Read more<\/a><\/div>\n<div>medicinal plants. <a href=\"http:\/\/fortuneofafrica.com\/ug\/medicinal-plants-in-uganda\/\">Read more<\/a><\/div>\n<div>Trees in Uganda. <a href=\"http:\/\/fortuneofafrica.com\/ug\/trees-in-uganda\/\">Read more<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Forests and woodlands cover approximately 4.9 million hectares in Uganda, about 24% of the total land area. The vast majority of this is woodland (19%), while the rest is tropical moist forest (5%) and forest. The total forest reserve area is estimated at 1,277,684 hectares, of which 99.6 % is under the Central Forest [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":70,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4082","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"blocksy_meta":[],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"kenya","author_link":"https:\/\/afrifacto.com\/ug\/author\/kenya\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"&nbsp; Forests and woodlands cover approximately 4.9 million hectares in Uganda, about 24% of the total land area. 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