The Uganda Atlas

Forests by District (Tropical High Forests and Plantations)

From the central region, the districts of Nakaseke, Luwero, Lyantonde, Kampala and Sembabule have percentages below 0.5 percent of forest cover to the district land Nakaseke is the most affected with almost no parts of the district covered with forests. Mpigi had the largest coverage of about 7.5 percent of the district covered with forests.

Forest cover for the districts in the Central region

Forests % of District

Forests % of District

9.0

7.5

6.0

5.1

4.5

3.9

2.9

3.0

2.3

1.6

1.3

0.9

0.7

0.2 0.5

0.1 -

0.0

-

-

MPIGI

RAKAI

KIBOGA

WAKISO

MUKONO

MASAKA

MITYANA

MUBENDE

LUWEERO

KAMPALA

KAYUNGA

NAKASEKE

SEMBABULE

LYANTONDE

KALANGALA

NAKASONGOLA

Source : NFA 2008

From the eastern region, except for Bududa, Bukwo, Jinja, Kapchorwa, Manafwa Mayuge, Mbale, and Sironko the rest of the districts had forest coverage below 0.5 percent of the district land. Bududa and Bukwo had the highest coverage with 34.0 and 34.3 percent of their respective district land covered with forests.

Forest cover for the districts in the Eastern region

Forests % of District

Forests % of District

40.0

34.3

34.0

30.0

17.2

20.0

13.5

10.6

10.0

3.4

1.4 -

0.6

0.2

0.3 -

-

0.1 -

-

-

0.0

-

-

-

0.0

0.1 0.1

0.0

KUMI MANAFWA

JINJA

BUSIA

BUGIRI

MBALE NAMUTUMBA

KALIRO

KAMULI KAPCHORWA

SOROTI

BUKWO

AMURIA

IGANGA

BUDUDA

PALLISA

TORORO

BUDAKA

MAYUGE

SIRONKO

BUKEDEA

KATAKWI

BUTALEJA

KABERAMAIDO

Source : NFA 2008

In the northern region, only Adjumani, Amuru, Gulu, Nebbi and Nyadri had the districts forest coverage above 0.5 percent. Although Amuru had the largest coverage of forest it was only 3.3 percent.

Forest cover for the districts in the Northern region

Forests % of District

Forests % of District

4.0

3.3

3.0

2.0

0.9

0.7 0.6

1.0

0.6

0.4 0.2

0.2

0.0

0.0 -

0.0 -

-

-

-

0.0 0.0 -

0.0 -

0.0

LIRA

ABIM

GULU

APAC

NEBBI

ARUA

MOYO

OYAM

PADER

YUMBE

AMURU

KITGUM

KOTIDO

NYADRI

From western region, only Isingiro, Kiruhura

DOKOLO

KOBOKO

MOROTO

ADJUMANI

KAABONG

AMOLATAR

NAKAPIRIPIRIT

Source : NFA 2008

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