Assessment of the Ugandan commercial timber plantation resource and markets for its products
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Forests are critical resources in Uganda, providing numerous benefits, including the most common forms of energy; charcoal and firewood (nine in every ten households in Uganda use fuelwood for cooking). Forests Uganda’s forest estate comprises both natural forests and commercial timber plantations, with demand for forest products from the latter, estimated at 300 000 cubic metres per year (m3/ year).
The current demand for wood products (locally and in the region) greatly exceeds the current supply; although supply is expected to grow tremendously in the next five to ten years. Increase in supply of forest products from commercial forest plantations in Uganda is attributed in part to the technical guidance and the financial assistance of the Sawlog Production Grant Scheme (SPGS), which has supported establishment of commercial forest plantations over the last 15 years.
FAO is implementing Phase III of SPGS, among whose objective is to address a critical gap in the forestry value chain- the development of knowledge and expertise relating to the processing of logs produced by the timber plantations. Phase III also focuses on development of markets (domestic, regional and global) for wood products as well as resource supply and market demand. Previous phases of SPGS focused mainly on establishment of quality plantations.
There is no formal record of the extent of the commercial forestry estate in Uganda and an analysis of existing and potential markets has been difficult. FAO therefore conducted a study to: 1) Estimate the extent of the timber plantation resource; 2) Characterize the timber that the commercial plantations will yield in the next 10 years; and 3) Assess the markets and demand for forest products from timber plantations.