By Daily Monitor
Government, through the water and environment sector, has moved to embark on a mass bamboo planting exercise to tame the high depleting forest cover and also restore the serene environment radiating from forests.
The strategy came to light during the release of the 11th Water and Environment Sector Report of the Financial Year 2017//2018 in Kampala.
The report provides evidence on investments, targets, achievements, and challenges for the sector during the Financial Year 2017/2018.
The report captures a deploring decline in the country’s forest cover sinking from 24 percent in the 1990s to 12.4 percent in 2015 alone, a rate said to be one of the highest in the world.
“Deforestation is still a major challenge, with the decline of forest cover from 24 percent in 1990 to 12.4 percent in 2015. Uganda has an average annual loss of natural forest of two percent per annum, one of the highest in the world,” the report notes. Read more>>
