Chapter 13 on “sustainable energy development” explicitly mentioned issues closely relevant to wood energy:

- Biomass contributes 88 percent to the energy consumption mix of the country in form of firewood, charcoal and crop residues.

- Annually, Uganda losses 120,000 hectares of forest cover of which 60 percent (72,000 hectares) is due to charcoal and firewood.

- Biomass is Uganda’s predominant cooking fuel used by the population with 85 percent using firewood and 13 percent using charcoal, mainly in the urban and periurban areas.

- The total charcoal demand is 2.09 million tonnes as of 2019 generating employment for about 200,000 people in production, transportation and trade.

- Most of the firewood is obtained by cutting forests which has significantly contributed to the reduction in forest cover.

- Currently the country suffers a biodegradation loss of USD 2.3 billion, 25 percent of which is wood fuel.

One of the objectives for project intervention is to increase forest, tree and wetland coverage and restore and protect hilly and mountainous areas and rangelands - “Establish dedicated fuel wood plantations necessary to contribute to achieving or exceeding net biomass surplus level”.

It also mentioned a project idea - National Community Tree Planting Project (restore & maintain 102,000 ha of degraded forests & establish 200,000 ha of community tree planting-woodlots; 6,320 of urban planting greening) for the period of 2020/1-2024/5.