Kyambogo forest reserve is 760 hectares in size, about 500 years old, with Bosqueia phoberos and Teclea nobilis as the main tree dominants. The forest area sampled comprised 68 different tree species. Trees have a density of about 477 stems per hectare, a mean dbh of 24.26 cm, and an average height of 12.98 cm. The sapling population is a good representation of the tree population, and regeneration appears to be proceeding normally.
Kyambogo forest has a total of 180 people living within 5Km of the forest boundary. Coffee farms, abandoned due to low profitability, surround the forest. Young men have thus taken up pitsawing in the forest as a source of cash income.
Vegetation density is high, species diversity is high, but commercial value of forest is low. The forest’s subsistence value is however normal. The area of the forest is decreasing, as well as tree density due to pitsawing. The greatest challenge is the deficiency of harvestable timber sizes in the forest, and the subsequent harvesting of undersized trees. There have been no incidences of charcoal burning.