Ibamba Central Forest Reserve is a protected Forest Reserve under the mandate of National Forestry Authority and is located in Hoima District, western Uganda. The Forest Reserve is situated nearby to the villages Kihuule and Kicwamba. Hoima is a city found in the Western part of Uganda and is the main municipal, administrative, and commercial center for Hoima District, also known as the Oil City.[1][2][3]
Setting and structure edit
Ibamba Central Forest Reserve is found at Latitude 1.42° or 1° 25' 12" North and Longitude
31.4051° or 31° 24' 18" east. The Forest Reserve is in close proximity to the villages Kiryabana and Buhanika.[4]
Language edit
Ibamba Central Forest Reserve communities largely speak the Nyoro language also known as Runyoro.[5]
Controversies edit
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.[6][7] In 2014, the High Court ordered Uganda Broadcasting Corporation (UBC) to pay 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.[8][9]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Ibamba Central Forest Reserve, Hoima". www.cartogiraffe.com. Retrieved 2023-06-27.
- ^ "DISCOVERY: Out of Hoima rises a Ugandan Oil City". The East African. 2021-03-18. Retrieved 2023-06-27.
- ^ "The Uganda Refinery Project – UNOC: Uganda National Oil Company". Retrieved 2023-06-27.
- ^ "Hoima Latitude and Longitude". www.distancesto.com. Retrieved 2023-06-27.
- ^ "Runyoro Transltion Services | English to Runyoro Translation Experts |". translate4africa. Retrieved 2023-06-27.
- ^ "Executive order No3: Museveni bans charcoal trade, guides on the Balaalo". Monitor. 2023-05-25. Retrieved 2023-06-27.
- ^ "Farming, tree felling hurt Hoima forests". Monitor. 2021-01-22. Retrieved 2023-06-27.
- ^ "Court orders UBC to pay sh262m to NFA". New Vision. Retrieved 2023-06-27.
- ^ "Why court ruled against NFA in Bugoma Forest case". New Vision. Retrieved 2023-06-27.