The Uganda Atlas

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Katuugo Forest Reserve Loss of vegetation cover

Since the 1940’s the Ugandan Government has promoted a policy of planting forests on gazetted land to supply cheap softwoods for the country’s growing domestic demand. Uganda’s overall population growth rate of 2.6% and urban growth rate of 5.4% puts enormous pressure on these forests (Ministry of Finance, 2000). This pressure is likely to worsen because 6% of forest on private land and 6.1% of forest

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