Uganda Atlas of Our Changing Environment - GRID-Arendal
Uganda Atlas of Our Changing Environment - GRID-Arendal
Uganda Atlas of Our Changing Environment - GRID-Arendal
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Figure 9: <strong>Uganda</strong>’s Land Cover Classification<br />
Land constitutes the main resource capital that is<br />
available to the people <strong>of</strong> <strong>Uganda</strong>. Specifically, land<br />
supports agriculture on which the country depends<br />
as an engine for economic growth and as a basis for<br />
rural livelihoods. The total area <strong>of</strong> <strong>Uganda</strong> is estimated<br />
at about 241,551 km 2 , consisting <strong>of</strong> subsistence and<br />
commercial farmland, grassland, woodland, water<br />
bodies, bushlands, tropical high forest (THF)–normal and<br />
degraded, and others such as plantations and built-up<br />
20<br />
Land cover / Land use<br />
Legend<br />
CLASS<br />
Deciduous Decidous plantations plantaions<br />
Coniferous Needle leaved forest<br />
THF wheel well weel stocked<br />
THF low stocked<br />
Woodland<br />
Bush<br />
Grassland<br />
Wetland<br />
Subsistence<br />
Large scale farmland<br />
Built up area<br />
Open water<br />
Impediments<br />
0 35 70 140 210 280<br />
Kilometres<br />
350<br />
areas. Land is therefore central to people’s livelihoods<br />
and development, since it is the basis for all activities in<br />
the country.<br />
Land in <strong>Uganda</strong> is distributed between families, gender,<br />
tribes, clans and economic classes, as well as between<br />
private and public ownership. This mosaic has affected<br />
the distribution <strong>of</strong> land and associated resources as<br />
well as their management practices since it is the most<br />
important factor <strong>of</strong> production in the country today.<br />
National Forestry Authority (NFA) 2008<br />
NEMA 2006
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