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The Uganda Land Commission (ULC) is a semi-autonomous land verification, monitoring, and preservation organisation, owned by the Ugandan government, that is mandated to document, verify, preserve, and maintain land owned and/or administered by the government.
The Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development (MLHUD), is a cabinet-level government ministry of Uganda. It is responsible for "policy direction, national standards and coordination of all matters concerning lands, housing and urban development". [1] The ministry is headed by a cabinet minister, currently Judith Nabakooba. [2]
The National Environment Management Authority of Uganda (NEMA), is a government agency responsible for the monitoring, coordinating, supervising and regulating the natural environment and the environmental policy of Uganda.
The wetlands of Uganda are highly treasured natural resources that cover 30,105 square kilometres (11,624 sq mi) of Uganda's total land area of 241,500 square kilometres (93,200 sq mi) accounting to 13% of the total land area. [1] In Uganda, wetlands are locally utilized surrounding communities for construction, agriculture, tourism, crafts ...
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.
Echuya Forest Reserve is located in the most densely populated area where, the average land holding per household is 0.8 ha and population density is 353.9 persons per km 2. [citation needed] According to the National Population and Housing Census (2002), Batwa population in Uganda was 3500.
Conservation in Uganda is the protection and sustainable use of the country's rich natural resources. It became a significant movement during the British colonial period in the early 20th century and continues to play a major role in Uganda's political economy, as it underpins the tourism industry which accounts for 23.5% of the country's exports.
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]