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. The total area of land covered is 12,657.47 km2 or 6.3% of the total land area of Uganda.[5] They compose of natural forest like moist semi-deciduous forests and forest plantations mainly of pine and eucalyptus species. Legal activities done under the NFA are harvesting timber, re-planting and tourism.
List of Central Forest Reserves in Uganda:[6][7]
See also
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edit- ^ Ecolex (2003). "National Forest and Tree Planting Act, 2003 (No. 8 of 2003)". ECOLEX. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ^ "Forest reserves lack land titles â€" NFA". New Vision. Retrieved 2023-06-02.
- ^ "National Forestry Authority". Nfa.org.ug. 2011-11-08. Retrieved 2013-07-21.
- ^ "NFA needs sh21b to mark forest boundaries". New Vision. Retrieved 2023-05-26.
- ^ "Forests Functions and Classification," National Forest Augthority of Uganda Archived 2012-09-06 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "AlbertinaRift.org" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2013-04-25.
- ^ Andrew, Plumptre (2002). Extent and Status of the Forests in the Ugandan Albertine Rift (PDF). Uganda. p. 43.
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