National Forestry Authority

The National Forestry Authority is the body of the Ugandan central government that is responsible for managing the country's Central Forest Reserves. It was created as a semi-autonomous corporation through the National Forestry and Tree Planting Act of 2003 to replace the prior Forestry Department.[1]

National Forest Authority
Agency overview
Formed2003
JurisdictionGovernment of Uganda
HeadquartersPlot 10/20, Spring Road, Kampala, Uganda
Agency executive
  • Executive Director
Parent agencyMinister for Water and Environment
Websitenfa.org.ug

Overview

The National Forestry Authority was established by the Act of Parliament in 2003 to replace the century-old Forest Department which as a purely government department had failed to address the challenges that the forestry sector was facing in the 1970s through to the 1990s. The mandate of the National Forestry Authority is to manage Central Forest Reserves on a sustainable basis and to supply other high quality forestry- related products and services in accordance with sound financial and commercial practice. [2]

References
  1. German, Laura A.; Karsenty, Alain; Tiani, Anne-Marie (2010). Governing Africa's forests in a globalized world. London: Earthscan. pp. 171–172. ISBN 184977451X.
  2. Republic of Uganda- Ministry of Water and Environment (2015). "State of Uganda's Forestry 2015" (PDF). nfa.go.ug.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.



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