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- ↑ "Forest reserves lack land titles â€" NFA". New Vision. Retrieved 2023-06-02.
- ↑ "National Forestry Authority". Nfa.org.ug. 2011-11-08. Retrieved 2013-07-21.
- ↑ "NFA needs sh21b to mark forest boundaries". New Vision. Retrieved 2023-05-26.
- ↑ "Forests Functions and Classification," National Forest Augthority of Uganda Archived 2012-09-06 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "AlbertinaRift.org" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2013-04-25.
- ↑ Andrew, Plumptre (2002). Extent and Status of the Forests in the Ugandan Albertine Rift (PDF). Uganda. p. 43.
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