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 productionADMINISTRATION OF THE FOREST REVENUE SYSTEM
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
The process of setting forest chargesTOTAL REVENUE COLLECTION AND DISTRIBUTION
Charge collection
Monitoring and record keeping
The involvement of centralised and decentralised levels of government in the forest revenue system
GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE ON FORESTRY
Expenditure by the Forestry DepartmentDISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS
Foreign assistance to the Forestry Department
Expenditure by other government forestry institutions
Overall appraisal of the forest revenue systemBIBLIOGRAPHY
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
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