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The National Forestry Authority was established by the Act of Parliament in 2003 to replace the century-old Forest Department which as a purely government department had failed to address the challenges that the forestry sector was facing in the 1970s through to the 1990s.
In forestry, periodic annual increment (PAI) is the change in the size of a tree between the beginning and ending of a growth period, divided by the number of years that was designated as the growing period. [1] For sigmoid growth, the graph of PAI increases rapidly and then quickly declines, approaching zero. PAI may go negative if a tree ...
Today, forest and woodland cover in Uganda stands at 49,000 km 2 or 24% of the total land area. Of these 9,242.08 km 2 is tropical rainforest, 350.60 km 2 are forest plantations and 39,741.02 km 2 is woodland. 30% of these areas are protected as national parks, wildlife reserves or central forest reserves. [1]
Uganda Forestry Working Group (UFWG) is a Uganda-based organization and an informal network of forestry stakeholders, civil society organizations, academic and research institutions engaged in the development and sustainability of the forestry sector in Uganda that are multidisciplinary cutting across several sectors of national development. [1]
In Uganda, a Central Forest Reserve is a body of forest or woodland managed by the National Forestry Authority (NFA) under the National Forestry and Tree Planting Act 8/2003. [1] The NFA is mandated to manage all 506 Central Forest Reserves in Uganda. [2] [3] [4] These reserves are part of the protected areas of Uganda.
NTV Akawungeezi is NTV Uganda's daily news programme, which is delivered in the Luganda language. Details. Akawungeezi is a television programme in Uganda. [1]
The Gangu Central Forest Reserve in Uganda is confronting a pressing threat from encroachers engaging in deforestation and various human activities. [ 6 ] [ 1 ] [ 2 ] A substantial portion of these encroachers exploit the reserve for agricultural cultivation, timber harvesting, and charcoal production, further exacerbating the environmental ...
In Uganda, a Local Forest Reserve are managed by the National Forestry Authority (NFA) under the National Forestry and Tree Planting Act 8/2003. [1] [2] The NFA is mandated to manage all 506 Forest Reserves in Uganda. [3] [4] [5] These reserves are part of the protected areas of Uganda. List of Local Forest Reserves in Uganda: [6] [2]