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NFA, World Fund for Nature Restore 80% of Depleted Kangombe Forest Reserve

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NFA, World Fund for Nature Restore 80% of Depleted Kangombe Forest Reserve
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The National Forestry Authority (NFA), in conjunction with the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and the World Bank, has restored over 14,000 hectares (80%) of the depleted Kangombe Central Forest Reserve in Greater Kibaale.

Boaz Basigirenda, the Range Manager of the National Forestry Authority’s Budongo System Range, commended NFA partners like WWF, the World Bank, former encroachers, and local leaders for their teamwork in restoring Kangombe Forest, which had been left with just 12% of its forest cover in 2016. He noted that 500 hectares of forest cover were restored in 2024 alone.

“The coming on board of partners, as well as sensitising the local community against forest cutting, has been of great significance in achieving this milestone. We are hopeful that this year we will be able to reach 90%,” he stated.

NFA Mobiliser Asaba Valence and former encroachers praised the NFA for its hard work and for mobilising local members to vacate gazetted areas, adding that they have benefited significantly after leaving the Kangombe Forest Reserve.

“Most people enter these forest reserves and cut them down without understanding the ripple effects. However, these community engagements have helped encroachers understand and now they will guard the forest zealously,” Asaba assured.

These remarks were made during a farewell event for Christopher Kamulegeya, the Area Supervisor for Kangombe Forest, held at Kingfisher Hotel in Kagadi. Kamulegeya, who has been promoted and transferred to become the NFA Sector Manager for Kisindi Beat, which oversees Bugoma Forest, has been replaced by Richard Senturo.

Lillian Ruteraho, the Kagadi Resident District Commissioner (RDC), thanked NFA partners and urged locals to vacate forests willingly to aid in restoring the remaining depleted forest cover.

“As a government, we are very intentional about working with partners to restore all forest reserves. We can’t do all the work alone, which is why we partner with organisations that matter,” Ruteraho said.

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