Why Restoring Uganda's Forest Cover is a Challenging Task
Mr Kavuma-Kaggwa, an elder from Kyaggwe, Mukono District, says he vividly recalls his area, like the rest of Uganda, being heavily forested 50 years ago.During the colonial days, he says, no one had a right to cut a tree in a private or government forest without authorisation from local leaders.
The local leaders, Mr Kaggwa says, had powers to enforce environmental laws at that level without having to appeal to any higher authorities in the colonial government.
"During the colonial era, there was the department of environment and it was working. Today we have Nema [National Environment Management Authority] but I do not know what it is doing," Mr Kaggwa says.
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