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.
The NFA is mandated to manage all 506 Central Forest Reserves in Uganda. These reserves are part of the protected areas of Uganda. The total area of land covered is 12,657.47 km or 6.3% of the total land area of Uganda. 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:
See also
- Albertine Rift montane forests
- Bwamba Forest
- Bwindi Impenetrable Forest
- Kibale Forest
- List of Local Forest Reserves of Uganda
References
- 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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