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UD
AT
By Daniel Edyegu
AM
As a key corporate
social responsibility
activity to mark its 30th
anniversary, New Vision
in conjunction with
the National Forestry
Authority, is mobilising
Ugandans to plant
one million trees. As
part of this campaign,
we shall publish daily
stories highlighting the
challenges facing the
forestry sector in Uganda
and giving tips on tree
planting
sh50,000 elsewhere.
Apart from clients, Losia and
his counterparts keep a close
eye on the road for any district
local government vehicles
approaching the corner from
either side of the road.
To mitigate the dangers
of
charcoal
burning,
Nakapiripirit district council
in February last year, passed
a by-law banning commercial
charcoal
burning
and
transportation by unlicensed
persons.
I have lost count of the
number of times they have
confiscated our bags of
charcoal. A district pickup vehicle with the Police
appears unexpectedly, loads
our bags of charcoal and
cruises back to the district. We
cannot follow up because you
will also be arrested, Losia
says.
But that cannot deter us
from burning charcoal. They
confiscate and we go and burn
more. We shall do this until
they tire and let us be. We
do not have any alternative
means of survival. Without
this, the family starves, Losia
adds.
Like Losia, 24-year-old
Chillia Lokong joined charcoal
burning trade in 2014 to earn
a living. The mother of three
FACTS ON FORESTS
Forests contributed 8.5% of Ugandas GDP in
2009.
Total annual consumption of wood is estimated
at 33 million tonnes.
Timber consumption for housing stands at
400,000m3 per annum (construction and
furniture) and growing by 10%per annum. This is
equivalent to about 1,200,000m3 of saw logs.
It is estimated that at the current rate of
harvesting of approximately 6000ha of existing
commercial plantations, there will be an acute
shortage of timber on the market soon.
For the harvest to be sustainable, Uganda needs
an established 200,000ha of plantations, of
which at least 6000ha should be mature trees
ready for harvest per annum and translated over
the years.
legal act against charcoal
burning. The existing one (The
National Forestry and Tree
Planting Act, 2003) mainly
focuses on conservation of
forests, not the rangelands.
In Kotido, we do not have
any gazetted forest, Lokiru
explains.
Rangelands are shrublands,
woodlands, wetlands and
deserts that are designated
for domestic livestock or wild
animals. Rangelands primarily
comprise native vegetation,
rather than plants established