Uganda: Forests At Risk of Depletion

6 September 2006

Kampala — Environmentalists have warned of massive depletion to forests if schools do not readjust to using metallic furniture, reports Daniel Edyegu.

They said research had shown that with the number of schools on the rise, demand for timber products and fuel had increased.

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