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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.
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.
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.
From western region, only Isingiro, Kiruhura
Forest cover for the districts in the Central region
Forest cover for the districts in the Eastern region
Forest cover for the districts in the Northern region
Forests % of District
2.3
0.2 0.5
1.3
0.1 -
3.9
2.9
7.5
0.9
5.1
0.0
0.7
4.5
-
1.6
-
3.0
6.0
9.0
KALANGALA
KAMPALA
KAYUNGA
KIBOGA
LUWEERO
LYANTONDE
MASAKA
MITYANA
MPIGI
MUBENDE
MUKONO
NAKASEKE
NAKASONGOLA
RAKAI
SEMBABULE
WAKISO
Source
: NFA 2008
Forests % of District
-
0.2
34.0
0.3 -
34.3
0.1 -
-
1.4 -
-
0.0
13.5
-
-
17.2
0.6
3.4
-
0.0
10.6
0.1 0.1
0.0
10.0
20.0
30.0
40.0
AMURIA
BUDAKA
BUDUDA
BUGIRI
BUKEDEA
BUKWO
BUSIA
BUTALEJA
IGANGA
JINJA
KABERAMAIDO
KALIRO
KAMULI
KAPCHORWA
KATAKWI
KUMI
MANAFWA
MAYUGE
MBALE
NAMUTUMBA
PALLISA
SIRONKO
SOROTI
TORORO
Forests % of District
-
0.9
-
3.3
0.0
0.4 0.2
0.6
-
0.0 0.0 -
0.0 -
0.0 -
0.7 0.6
0.2
0.0 -
0.0
1.0
2.0
3.0
4.0
ABIM
ADJUMANI
AMOLATAR
AMURU
APAC
ARUA
DOKOLO
GULU
KAABONG
KITGUM
KOBOKO
KOTIDO
LIRA
MOROTO
MOYO
NAKAPIRIPIRIT
NEBBI
NYADRI
OYAM
PADER
YUMBE
Source
: NFA 2008
Source
: NFA 2008
Forests % of District
Forests % of District
Forests % of District