Uganda’s Vision for the 21st Century

Uganda’s Vision for the 21st Century

Uganda is a country with high potential for effective conservation, sound sustainable natural forest management and viable timber plantations. It has great potential for sustained economic growth. Despite her small size of only 0.02% of the world’s total dry land...
Social Functions of Forestry in Uganda

Social Functions of Forestry in Uganda

The forestry sector plays a significant role in the lives of Ugandans in the following areas: Employment: The forestry sector offers significant employment. Rough estimates put the current annual turnover of business in forestry at close to Ush 297 billion with the...
Forestry in Uganda

Forestry in Uganda

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...
Ecotourism in Uganda

Ecotourism in Uganda

Ecotourism in Uganda Ecotourism is a new phenomenon in the world as is in Uganda – dates back in the 1990’s. It involves such activities as Nature guided Walks, Bird Watching, Village/community Walks, forest walk, butterfly watching, sport fishing, mountaineering/hill...