Ibamba Central Forest Reserve is a protected forest reserve under the mandate o
National Forestry Authorityand is located in
Hoima District
Hoima District is a Districts of Uganda, district in Western Region, Uganda, Western Uganda. Like most other Ugandan districts, it is named after its main municipal centre, Hoima.
Location
Hoima District is bordered by Buliisa District to th ...
, western Uganda. The Forest Reserve is situated nearby to the villages Kihuule and
Kicwamba.
Hoima
Hoima is the second capital of Uganda. It is the main municipal, administrative, and commercial center of Hoima District. It is also the location of the palace of the Omukama of Bunyoro.
Location
Hoima is located approximately northwest of K ...
is a city found in the Western part of
Uganda
Uganda, officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by South Sudan, to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the south-west by Rwanda, and to the ...
and is the main municipal, administrative, and commercial center for Hoima District, also known as the Oil City.
Setting and structure
Ibamba Central Forest Reserve is found at
Latitude
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1.42° or 1° 25' 12" North and
Longitude
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31.4051° or 31° 24' 18" east. The Forest Reserve is in close proximity to the villages Kiryabana and Buhanika.
Language
Ibamba Central Forest Reserve communities largely speak the
Nyoro language also known as
Runyoro
Nyoro or Runyoro (, ) is a Bantu language spoken by the Nyoro people of Uganda. It has two dialects: ''Runyoro'' proper and ''Rutagwenda''. A standardized orthography was established in 1947. It's most closely related to Rutooro.
Samples
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.
Controversies
Ibamba Central Forest Reserve over the years has faced challenges ranging from Encroachment, felling of trees, charcoal burning, land for agriculture and sugarcane growing, including court orders resulting from illegal occupation of the Central Forest Reserve. In 2014, the High Court ordered
Uganda Broadcasting Corporation
Uganda Broadcasting Corporation (UBC) is the public broadcaster network of Uganda. It was founded as a result of the "Uganda Broadcasting Corporation Act, 2004", which merged the operations of Uganda Television (UTV) and Radio Uganda. It started ...
(UBC) to pa
National Forest Authority(NFA) $104,808 (about sh262m) in un-cleared license fees since 1950s for iligaly occupying Ibamba Central Forest Reserve land. NFA sued UBC for continuously occupying two of its plots of land in Kigulya Central Reserve in Masindi and Ibamba Hills in Hoima where the corporation erected masts without paying.
See also
Ihimbo Central Forest Reserve
Mabira Forest
Kikumiro Central Forest Reserve
Kikumiro Central Forest Reserve is a forest located in Kabarole district, from Kampala, Western Uganda and is protected by National Forestry Authority. The reserve is bordered by Ntoroko and Kagadi districts to the north, Kibaale to the east, K ...
References
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Hoima District
Forest reserves of Uganda
Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests