Enhancing the role and visibility of forests and the forest sector in Uganda’s sustainable development
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Date
2011
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Uganda Wildlife Society
Abstract
Forests according to FAO global forest resources
assessment 2010, is defined as land spanning more
than 0.5 hectares with trees higher than 5 meters, a
canopy cover of more than 10% or trees able to reach these
thresholds in situ. Forests among others perform the critical
functions of sustaining production in agro ecosystems,
energy sources, different land uses and environment quality,
including climate. Seventeen percent of Uganda’s total
land area is forests. Over 60% of Uganda’s forests are in
land privately owned by individuals or institutions, and the
remaining constitute central forest reserves (506 in total)
managed by the National Forest authority and district forest
reserves under the jurisdiction of local governments.