Bugoma Forest

Bugoma Forest
Bugoma Central Forest Reserve
Map of Bugoma Forest, showing the area deforested by Hoima Sugar Limited for sugarcane plantation (2020–2023).
Location in Uganda
LocationHoima, Western Region, Uganda
Coordinates01°15′20″N 30°58′00″E / 1.25556°N 30.96667°E / 1.25556; 30.96667
Area400 km2 (150 sq mi)

The Bugoma Forest is a protected tropical forest that is situated southwest of Hoima and northeast of Kyenjojo towns, and east of Lake Albert, in the Hoima district of western Uganda. It was gazetted in the 1932 and came under the mandate of the National Forestry Authority in 2003. But it was expanded in 1965, 1968 and 1998. Its surface area is given as between 41,144 hectares (411.44 km2) and 65,000 hectares (650 km2).

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