Today in History: Namanve forest reserve

JULY 11, 1996

Then-East African Wildlife Society, through its Uganda branch, appealed to the Uganda government to rescind the decision to allocate Namanve forest reserve for industrial purposes. This followed reports that 74 of the 200 hectares of the forest reserve had been sold to an Israeli firm for commercial salt production. Today, Namanve is a fully operational industrial park housing multitudes of factories and warehouses.