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UTGA AGM
DATE;Tuesday 26/3/2013
VENUE: City Royal Hotel
TIME: 7am to 1pm
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UTGA NEWS
18th March 2013
UTGA FOREST
DAY IN MPIGI
Growers Discuss Utilisation of Thinning
Using a sulky to extract
wood from the forest
These planks of wood don’t
have to be isolated as wastage
The conversion contractor talks to planters
about the details of the operation
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TGA/SPGS invited
Clients and Growers
to participate at a
demonstration forest day for
“Utilisation of Thinnings” at the
plantation of Mr. Robert Bariho in
Mpigi.
The Sulky
The first stop was to look at
extraction equipment (log sulky)
working on the sloping terrain in
the plantation. To improve on the
The woodmiser cuts of the top
efficiency
for extraction the Growers will
need to go over to mechanised
methods of extraction already at
2nd thinnings. The logs are heavy
and a large number of workers
are needed to complete the job in
a time efficient manner. Several
of the Growers have shown an
interest in the sulky and since the
equipment can be produced locally
here in Uganda, it is anticipated
that they will become a common
tool in most forest harvesting
operations in the near future.
The Woodmiser
The second stop of the day was
at the sawmill site in the forest
Continued to page 3
NFA meeting with Civil Society
Organizations (CSOs)
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n 5th March,2013 UTGA joined Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in an urgent meeting called at NFA
headquarters with the view of finding ways and means of
meeting goals set to be achieved.According to the authority
“We cannot continue to work in isolation and so we need to
bridge the gap between us and the private sector”.
The major objective was to have an open dialogue with Civil
Society Organizations and get views on how to galvanise the
forestry sector by finding ways to tackle encroachment, have
the ban on land allocations lifted and carry out boundary
demarcation.
The committee to handle this was led by Mr. Ponsiano
Besesa and Hon. David Ebongo who sit on the NFA Board.
It was agreed that as part of information sharing, the report
findings be shared with the participants so as to gauge any
ligation prospects. There is need for a pool of technical and
financial assistance and NFA was advised to name an advocacy officer who would be the link with other organizations.
The committee was tasked to approach other CSOs and to
also approach the Parliamentary Natural Resources Committee for guidance on policy. The next meeting is tentatively
scheduled for 26th/March/2013.
World Forestry Day
T
he concept of having a World Forestry
Day (WFD) originated at the 23rd General
Assembly of the European Confederation of
Agriculture in 1971. WFD is one of the world’s
leading global platforms for people with an interest in forests and climate change to share their
views and work together
A forest, which we usually think of in terms
of trees, is in fact a complex, living community. Beneath the forest canopy dwell interdependent populations of plants and animals,
while the soil that forms the forest floor
contains a large variety of invertebrates, bacteria and fungi which play an essential role
in cycling nutrients in the soil and the forest.
Let´s celebrate the World Forestry Day on
Thursday, 21st of March, this day commemorates the contribution and value of forests
and forestry to the community.
Continued from last week
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NB: ATTENDANCE IS STRICTLY LIMITED TO THOSE MEMBERS WHO WILL HAVE
PAID UP FOR 2013
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Ensure that employees
fight fires in small teams
and not alone so that they help
and look after each other
.
Avoid working under
power lines for they might
short circuit to the ground
(through the smoke) without
actual contact.
Be aware of any fire
hazards in the local area
eg gas tanks, land mines, wild
animals such as buffaloes etc
. Always used trained
fire fighters for
productivity and efficiency
. Park your vehicle in a
safe spot
. Ensure that your
instructions are clear
so that everybody works
safely and towards the same
objective.
Don’t panic – keep calm
and make logical decisions
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UTGA Forest Day In Mpigi
Continued from page 1
where a Wood-Mizer
LT40 mobile sawmill
was converting logs
from the second thinning
into sawn timber. The
forest owner informed
the participants that his
expectations for returns
from the conversion
of thinnings into sawn
timber had not been
met. Many of the logs
were of poor quality and
the small dimensions
required considerable
effort and time on the
The forest owner, Robert Bariho
saw bench to produce
explains his findings to Members
a single piece of 2” x 4”
of 4 meters length. The
harvesting operations
were hampered by
steep terrain and the
movement of heavy
logs. Poor seed had
produced many trees
that were of poor form
and many of these logs
were sold or even given
Conversion in the forest
to the furniture makers.
The Members made a
point that UTGA needed to get active
on finding a suitable market for forest
products.
The Growers got to see the saw mill
in operation and saw the amount of
waste that was produced in the process.
UTGA will make an effort to identify
new service providers with equipment
that is suitable for the conversion of
both thinnings and logs from the final
harvest.
Logs with bad formation
make conversion difficult
UTGA growers congregate
around the woodmiser
Advisory to growers
D
ear members;
In regards to the forestry silvicultural calendar, all those planning
to plant this rainy season should by
now be done with ground preparations i.e. initial or bush clearing,
lining pot, pitting and pre-spraying
as well as keeping in touch with
your certified nursery operators for
quality planting materials.
UTGA reminds you to put emphasis
on time management when it comes
to the implementation of all planned
commercial forestry activities. Do
your booking from only certified/
recommended nurseries. Visit the
UTGA & SPGS websites
Good luck, UTGA office.
SEED GERMINATION
S
ome nurseries reported low
germination of the PCH seed that
was sourced from the Brazil.
A team from SPGS & UTGA set
out to investigate and an index of
possible causes was compiled and
it included; poor watering regimes
(watering frequency and quantity),
sowing omissions, deep sowing
depth, un-shaded beds, early sorting
and the use of untrained nursery staff
(notably in the new nurseries).To
avoid such losses, it is recommended
that all nursery operators should enroll and attend the UTGA/SPGS-organized nursery management courses
that are available on the SPGS website. UTGA Members can contact the
office to book their places.
GROWERS IN
KISOMBWA CFR
A
ll encroachers who have
been occupying large
tractThe UTGA office would
like to urge and strongly encourage all growers in Kisombwa Central Forest Reserve in
Mubende to use this chance to
plant as much as they can.
The NFA has assured us that
they have 24hr police presence
on the ground in the CFR.
TESTIMONIAL
GIS Forestry & Database Development
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UTGA Programmes Officer Irene explains to the Rwandans
UTGA HOSTS VISITORS FROM RWANDA
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n Tuesday, 19th February, 2013 a team from Rwanda visited UTGA offices to get ideas on how to establish a similar organisation back home in Rwanda to be called- “Rwanda
Wood Energy Growers (RWEGO)”.
They wanted to get information on how they can form the association and how to run operations to serve the membership.
The Team explained that they lacked knowledge of many
aspects in Commercial Forestry in Rwanda and therefore were
here to learn from Uganda through UTGA and other Forestry
stakeholders in Uganda.
The issues raised about which they needed guidance included,
• Plantation establishment
• Woodlot establishment
• Promotion of a favorable environment for plantations in
Rwanda
• Sustainable Energy Production through woodlots.
They used UTGA as a bench mark for the development of
RWEGO in Rwanda.
The team was taken to the Ferdsult Plantation in Lugazi where
they were shown modern silvicultural practices like lining out,
marking for thinning among others.
Along the way they were also taken to a nursery owned by
a UTGA Member to show them the importance of having a
recommended source of good planting material.
he GIS and Database development activities
initiated in Uganda by UTGA are used for
sustainable forest managementin most developed
countries and have also been initiated in Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Kenya and South Sudan in the East
African region.
All forest properties in Norway have a forest management plan and a land cover map showing the
extend of each property and the resources available
for utilisation. Using modern forest information
systems, the plans and maps can easily be updated
and the forest owner has a reliable tool for annual
operational planning. The information collected for
the forest properties is also available to the statistics bureau at the national level, which allows them
to present reliable information about the state of
forests in the country and give the policy makers a
better basis for decision-making.
In Zimbabwe Border Timbers Limited (BTL)
established a GIS unit to map their 5 plantations
covering a total of 48000 hectares. The mapping
unit helped BTL to develop proper management
plans and provide them with the basis to certify
the company with the Forest Stewardship Council
adding value to the forest products being sold on
the global market.
The South Sudan Forest Sector programme was
based on cooperation between the Government of
Norway and the Government of South Sudan, with
implementation by the Norwegian Forestry Group
(NFG) and the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF/GoSS. A forest monitoring office, Land
Resource Survey and Information Centre (LRSIC)
was established in Juba, to carry out mapping of
the resources and develop a database for all of the
plantation forests in the newly formed country.
Based on the vast experience of data collection and storage, as well as forest management
planning, NORSKOG/UTGA have embarked on
acquiring information needed for decision making
at the property level, but also on a national scale
in respect of industrial development. The data on
properties and resources will allow UTGA to determine the vicinity and volume of standing timber
in the plantations that have been planted over the
past decade and form the basis for development of
Forest Management Plans in the near future.
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The team visits a nursery
TGA News is now running adverts at costfriendly rates. Reach hundreds of individuals, groups and companies in and of various
fields and professions respectively who have
invested in commercial forestry or are doing
work that is analogous to forestry
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SEED UPDATE
Good Timber
T
he office is in the final stages of
agreeing payment terms with the
Supplier and import documents are
being worked on. Members/buyers
will soon be informed of the unit cost
price per kilo of seed.
Members and prospective buyers
are hereby informed to get in touch
with the office for bookings. Write to
caroln@utga.ug.
he tree that never had to
fight, for sun and sky and air
and light,
That stood out in the open plain
and always got its share of rain,
Never became a forest King, but
lived and died a scrubby thing.
The man who never had to toil,
to rise above the common soil,
Who never had to win his share
of sun and sky and light and air,
Never became a manly man, but
lived and died as he began.
MEMBERS CAN NOW
PAY THEIR FEES USING MOBILE MONEY
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Good timber does not grow with
ease,
The stronger wind, the tougher
trees,
The farther sky, the greater
length,
The more the storm, the more the
strength;
By sun and cold, by rains and
snows,
In tree or man Good Timber
grows.
Where thickest stands the forest
growth, we find the patriarchs of
both,
And they hold converse with the
stars, whose broken branches
show the scars,
Of many winds and much strife,
This is the common law of Life.
TGA Members are kindly
informed that they can now
pay their subscription fees conveniently by sending their outstanding amounts to the office Line
0785-343564.
Please include the mobile money
charge and in the space set aside
for the reason, please fill in your
particulars i.e. name/company
name.
Receipts will then be prepared by
the office and will also be issued
at all UTGA meetings where staff
interface with Members.
WORD FROM THE UTGA OFFICE
This tree would
give good timber
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Has high quality pine & eucalyptus seedlings
at affordable prices, Certified by UTGA/SPGS
Contact: David Balumya on 0752-842934/0776842934/
0702842934 Location: Kiboga
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Pay their Annual Membership fees for the year
2013. The office would like to appreciate the support
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