by lepromeadmin | Feb 7, 2019 | Uganda
The Natural Forests Uganda’s forests fall into two major categories namely the natural forests and the plantations. Natural forests supply the bulk of forest products but plantations are gaining prominence. High Forests in Uganda were in the past degraded so much such...
by lepromeadmin | Feb 7, 2019 | Uganda
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...
by lepromeadmin | Feb 7, 2019 | 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...
by lepromeadmin | Feb 7, 2019 | 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...
by lepromeadmin | Feb 1, 2019 | Eco-Tourism
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...
