A history of the Uganda Forest Department 1951-1965 / G. Webster and H.A. Osmaston.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Webster, G. (George)

Contributor:

Osmaston, Henry.

Commonwealth Secretariat.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Uganda. Forest Department--History.

Uganda.

Uganda. Forest Department.

History.

Forest policy--Uganda--History--20th century.

Forest policy.

Forest management--Uganda--History--20th century.

Forest management.

Physical Description:

ix, 169 pages, 1 unnumbered folded page of plates : illustrations, 1 color map, portraits ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Commonwealth Secretariat, [2003]

Summary:

The forests of Uganda and their management are of particular interest in the field of tropical forestry. Lying on the boundary between the lowland forests of the Congo basin and West Africa and the savannahs of East Africa, Uganda's abundant and reliable rainfall supports considerable areas of moist tropical forest, with much of the land suitable for the planting of fast growing tree crops. Part of a British protectorate from 1893, post-1950 Uganda became a world leader in the composition, harvesting and management of natural forests, complementing this with the establishment of is own extensive plantations for the production of fuel, poles and saw-timber.

Many of the challenges documented in this book will be as relevant today as in previous years: the accelerating deficit of saw-timber, urban encroachment, costly demarcation of boundaries and decentralisation of management all remain vexing and, at times, controversial issues. This book, compiled by two former members of Uganda's forestry department, is not only an invaluable historical record but also provides authoritative experience from which to draw on for all involved in forestry and land management today.

Contents:

Part I Central Government Forestry 5

1 Policy and Legislation 7

2 The Forest Estate 14

3 Mapping, Enumerations and Working Plans 22

4 Silviculture 26

5 Fire Protection and Pest Control 46

6 Communications and Buildings 53

7 Research 57

8 Production and Trade 69

9 Training and Publicity 82

10 Administration Staff and Labour 88

11 Revenue and Expenditure 97

Part II Local Government Forestry 101

13 Policy and Legislation 103

14 The Forest Estate 105

A. Publications 108

Uganda Forest Department Bulletins 111

Uganda Forest Working Plans 112

Technical Notes 116

C. Staff List 122

D. The History of Forest Reservation, 1898-1950 125

E. The mvule (Milicia = Chlorophora excelsa) plantations of Lango and Acholi 128

F. Conversion Factors: Hoppus/Imperial/Metric 130

G. Forest Policy 131

H. Continuous Forest Inventory 132

I. Present Wood Consumption and Future Requirements in Uganda 137

1 Extent, Nature, Ownership and Permanence of Forest Land, 30.6.65 144

1A Analysis of Central Forest Reserves, 30.6.65 145

1B Analysis of Local Forest Reserves, 30.6.65 146

4A Area of Forest Reserves (CFRs and LFRs) Covered by Working Plans, 30.6.65 147

6A Silvicultural Treatment of Natural High Forest (CFRs only), 30.6.65 148

6B Regeneration and Afforestation in Plantations (CFRs only), 30.6.65 149

7 Output of Timber and Fuel, year ended 30.6.65 150

7A Detailed Production of Round Timber Cl. I and II, 1964/65, 1963/64 and 1962/63 151

7A (cont.) Detailed Production of Round Timber Cl. III and IV, 1964/65, 1963/64 and 1962/63 152

7B Production of Poles, 1964/65, 1963/64 and 1962/63 153

7B (cont.) Production of Fuel and Minor Forest Produce, 1964/65, 1963/64 and 1962/63 154

9 Sawn Timber (Lumber) Production, Stocks and Values, 30.6.65 155

10 Size of Forest Industries, year ended 30.6.65 155

11 Exports and Imports of Forest Produce (other than Minor Produce, 1965 156

12 Domestic Consumption of Forest Products, year ended 30.6.65 157

13 Strength of Forest Staff (excluding Local Government Staff), 30.6.64 158

14 (i) Summary of Expenditure, 1964/65 159

14 (ii) Summary of Revenue (excluding Local Government), year ended 30.6.65 ([pound]) 160

15 Annual Revenue and Expenditure, 1955-1965 161

16 Vehicle Fleet 162

ALG 1 Forestry Revenue and Expenditure, 1965 163

ALG 2 Comparative Statement of Forestry Revenue and Expenditure, 1954-1965 163

AG 3A Silvicultural Treatment of Natural High Forest (LFRs) 164

ALG 3B Regeneration and Afforestation in Hardwood and Softwood Timber Plantations and in Fuel and Pole Plantations (LFRs) 164

ALG 4 Production from Local Forest Reserves and Public Land by Districts, 1965 165

ALG 5 Strength of Forest Services Staff, 31.12.1965 166

Postscript: 1966-2003 167

Hardwood Timber Plantations, Failure and Success

1 Plantation of mvule, Milicia (= Chlorophora) excelsa, at Aboke, Lango, aged 16 years

2 Photo from the same position as Plate 1, at 25 years of age (1956)

3 Mvule Leaf Gall (Phytolyma lata) showing serious damage

4 A successful plantation of Maesopsis eminii (musizi)

Softwood Timber Plantations

5 Trial plots of softwoods, North Rwenzori CFR

6. Recently pruned 5-year-old cypress (C. lusitanica) at Kyehara Plantation, Toro

7 Softwood plantations of Cupressus lusitanica and Pinus spp. at Mafuga Plantation, Kigezi

8 A thirty-foot span steel girder bridge in Use softwood plantation, West Nile

Natural Forest Silviculture and Management

9 The Royal Mile, Budongo Forest

10 Entandrophragma angolense (Budongo Mahogany, muyovu, mukusu) in the Budongo Forest, Bunyoro

11 Cynometra alexandri (muhimbi, Ironwood), dominant in parts of the Budongo Forest

12 Measurement of girth above buttress of a Cynometra alexandri (muhimbi)

13 The application of arboricide to a heavily buttressed 'weed' tree in Mpanga Research Forest

14 Natural regeneration of desirable species in Mpanga Research Forest

Fuel and Pole Plantations

15 Poles for electricity transmission lines being cut from a ten-year-old coppice crop of Eucalyptus saligna

Damage

16 Celtis kraussiana in the Kibale Forest killed by repeated stripping of the bark by elephants

17 Felling damage in natural forest by two crowns falling together

18 Electric fencing in Kibale Forest to try to protect natural regeneration from elephant and buffalo

Staff

19 The Forest School, Nyabyeya, near the Budongo Forest in 1958/1961

20 Presentation of the MBE to Mr J.M.S. Azavedo / H.E. The Governor, Sir Andrew Cohen.

ISBN:

0850927579

OCLC:

53393711