The Uganda Atlas

Part of the Mabira Tropical High Forest

for agricultural use, the values of the forest were calculated by local researchers (Yakobo Moyini, 2008). This economic evaluation of the forest shows that from a short-term perspective, growing sugarcane would lead to more economic benefits than maintaining the forest

The Mabira forest reserve, on the shores of Lake Victoria hosts valuable wildlife, serves as a timber resource, provides ecosystem services for water balance, and the rainforest represents a tourist destination. Following a proposed plan for clearing a third of the reserve

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