The forest revenue system and government expenditure on forestry in Uganda


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The forest revenue system and government expenditure on forestry in Uganda

A paper prepared for the FAO work-programme component

on financing sustainable forest management

Working paper: FSFM/WP/08

      

The forest revenue system and government expenditure on forestry in Uganda

Joel Arumadri

Forest Manager, Technical Services

Forestry Department

Kampala, Uganda

Forestry Policy and Planning Division, Rome

Regional Office for Africa, Accra

October 2001

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INFORMATION NOTE ON THE FAO PROGRAMME ON FOREST FINANCE

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS

ABSTRACT

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

INTRODUCTION

DESCRIPTION OF THE FOREST REVENUE SYSTEM

Charges for roundwood production

Charges for production of non-wood forest products and services

Charges on processed product production

Charges on forest products trade

Other charges

Summary of forest charges

ADMINISTRATION OF THE FOREST REVENUE SYSTEM

The process of setting forest charges

Charge collection

Monitoring and record keeping

The involvement of centralised and decentralised levels of government in the forest revenue system

TOTAL REVENUE COLLECTION AND DISTRIBUTION

GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE ON FORESTRY

Expenditure by the Forestry Department

Foreign assistance to the Forestry Department

Expenditure by other government forestry institutions

DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS

Overall appraisal of the forest revenue system

The impact of the forest revenue system on sustainable forest management

The effects of other government policies on sustainable forest management

Attitude to change

Conclusions

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Annex 1 THE 1988 FORESTRY POLICY IN UGANDA

Annex 2 CLASSIFICATION OF TREE SPECIES INTO DIFFERENT FOREST ROYALTY CLASSES

Annex 3 EXAMPLE OF A LICENCE TO TAKE FOREST PRODUCE THE REPUBLIC OF UGANDA

Annex 4 FURTHER DETAILS OF FOREIGN ASSISTANCE TO THE FORESTRY SECTOR IN UGANDA SINCE 1990

LIST OF PAPERS PRODUCED UNDER THE FAO PROGRAMME ON FINANCING SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT