Welcome to the official website of the National Forestry Authority (NFA), Uganda’s leading public institution mandated to sustainably manage the country’s 506 Central Forest Reserves (CFRs), in accordance with the National Forestry and Tree Planting Act, 2003 Cap 160.

At NFA, we recognize that Uganda’s forests are not only ecological assets, but also vital contributors to national development, climate resilience, and livelihoods. Our mandate is centered on ensuring the sustainable management, restoration, and development of forest landscapes, while delivering high-quality forest products and ecosystem services to the nation.

To address growing deforestation and forest degradation, NFA has embraced Forest Landscape Restoration (FLR) as a key strategy. Through natural and assisted regeneration, targeted enrichment planting, strong community partnerships, the private sector and collaborative efforts with the forest adjacent communities, we are restoring degraded forest reserves and promoting sustainable, inclusive forest management across Uganda.

We are actively integrating remote sensing and GIS-based forest monitoring, enhancing our capacity for real-time detection of illegal activities and tracking forest health metrics. Our enforcement teams are working closely with local governments and security agencies to address encroachment, illegal logging, and charcoal trafficking.

We are also scaling up our Community Tree Planting Programme, which promotes agroforestry systems, boundary planting, and woodlot establishment to support smallholder farmers, schools, faith-based organizations, and institutions across Uganda. These efforts not only expand tree cover outside protected areas but also support climate-smart agriculture and household energy security.

As Executive Director, I reaffirm NFA’s commitment to the principles of sustainable forest management (SFM), transparency, institutional accountability, and stakeholder engagement. We are aligning our NFA Corporate Strategy 2025-30 with Uganda’s National Development Plan (NDP IV), the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) under the Paris Agreement, and the Forest Investment Program (FIP) to ensure our work contributes meaningfully to national and global climate goals.

To our technical partners, development partners, and researchers: we invite you to collaborate with us in developing evidence-based approaches to forest governance, carbon sequestration, biodiversity conservation, and sustainable biomass energy transitions. To our communities and the broader public: our forests are a shared heritage. Your role in protecting and restoring them is not just welcomed it is essential.

This platform offers you access to NFA’s programs, publications, seedling availability, tender opportunities, CFR investment prospects, and more. We encourage you to explore, engage, and partner with us.

Together, let us manage forests for generations.

Stuart Maniraguha
Ag. Executive Director
National Forestry Authority