List Of Natural Forest In Uganda

List Of Natural Forest In Uganda

Natural forest. A forest composed of indigenous trees and not classified as forest plantation. Forest plantation. A forest established by planting or/and seeding in the process of afforestation or reforestation. It consists of introduced species or, in some cases, indigenous species.

Forests 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 hectares, of which 99.6 % is under the Central Forest Reserves while 0.4% is on Local Forest Reserves.
National Forestry Authority is the lead agency mandated to manage all 506 Central Forest Reserves in Uganda.
Uganda offers six principal indigenous/natural forest reserves for harvesting with hard wood species such as Chlorophora excelsa, Celtis, Maesopsis eminii, Entandrophragma, Cynometra alexandrii, Lovoa brownii, and Newtonia buchanani.
The following are the main protected forest reserves in Uganda

Budongo forest reserve

Bugoma Forest Reserve

Bwindi Impenetrable Forest

Echuya Uganda Forest Reserve

Kalinzu Forest Reserve

Kasyoha-Kitomi Forest Reserve

Kibaale Forest

Lutoboka & Bunjazi Forest Reserves

Mabira forest

Maramagambo Forest

Mpanga Forest Reserve

Mt Elgon Forest Reserve

Rwenzori Forest Reserve

Sango Bay Forest Reserve

What is the biggest natural forest in Uganda?

Mabira Central Forest Reserve Area coverage

Mabira Central Forest Reserve is one of Uganda’s largest surviving Natural Forests covering an area of 306 sq km.

How many planted forests are in Uganda?

Total area of planted trees by the NFA stand at 12 km² in the same year. The areas under Management of the NFA are gazetted to 506 Central Forest Reserves.

What is the largest plantation forest in Uganda?

Namwasa Central Forest Reserve

Kampala — A British forest company has established the largest commercial tree plantation in Uganda. The New Forests Company (NFC) leased Namwasa Central Forest Reserve, an area of 9,000 hectares from National Forest Authority (NFA) 18 months ago. However, only 6,000 hectares are plantable.

Where is Mafuga forest located?

Mafuga Forest is a forest(s) and is located in Kanungu District, Western Region, Uganda. The estimate terrain elevation above seal level is 2021 metres.