The Uganda Atlas

A study in the Budongo forest –Murchison falls National Park landscape shows that

there has been both woody cover decrease and increase. In areas where there has

been continuous burning, woody cover species have changed from those that are

less resistant to fire to those that are more resistant. Signs of fire are evident in

such landscapes (see pictures on next pages). In areas where there has been a higher

control of burning, increase in woody cover has been observed.

Budongo

Forest

Reserve

Decreased

Fire fronts

and increased

vegetation