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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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