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Woodlot – Community Woodlot Regeneration in Nakivale
Trust T1
- Climate Zones
- Tropical savanna with dry spells and seasonal rains.
- Regenerative Focus
- A shared tree nursery regenerating soil and communities in Nakivale.
About this land node
A dedicated woodlot regeneration node where host and refugee communities co-manage fast-growing native trees, improving soil stability, microclimate, and renewable biomass while fostering collective stewardship and green rotational agroforestry.
Overview
- Project Vision
- Seedling survival rate, tree canopy cover, households caring for plot.
- Project Purpose
- Heal degraded lands through shared woodlot stewardship that enhances soil moisture, provides firewood alternatives, and strengthens inclusive community governance.
- Project Title
- Woodlot
- Political Location
- Isingiro District, Uganda
Ecology & biodiversity
- Flora & Fauna
- Native tree seedlings, grasses, birds, insects.
- Keystone species
- Acacia and Albizia act as keystone for microclimate and soil.
- Biodiversity context
- Recovering site for savanna biodiversity where tree canopy reestablishes microhabitats.
- Ecological corridors
- Settlement edge area.
- Natural boundaries
- Plots bounded by settlement perimeter and communal water troughs.
- Ecosystem unity
- Transition zone between settlement gardens and open grasslands.
Climate & water
- Climate Zones
- Tropical savanna with dry spells and seasonal rains.
- Rainfall patterns
- Wet: March–May, Sep–Nov; dry: Jun–Aug, Dec–Feb.
- Average Rainfall
- 1 000–1 200 mm/year
- Temperature Extremes
- 15–30 °C
- Average Temperature
- ≈22 °C
- Watershed
- Adjacent to drainage ditches feeding local wetlands.
- Aquifers & groundwater
- Rainwater harvesting structures under development.
- Nearby water bodies
- Small gullies and drainage channels hold seasonal water.
Land & terrain
- Elevation & slope
- 1 200–1 250 m; flat to gently undulating.
- Landforms
- Settlement edge plots.
- Soil Types
- Sandy loams with low organic matter.
- Soil health
- Soil improving under tree cover and leaf litter.
- Erosion risk
- Low to moderate erosion risk covered by leaf litter.
- Natural resources
- Solar lighting, seedlings, community labor.
- Renewable resource potential
- Woodlot connects to remnant wood patches across landscape.
People & history
- Land Acknowledgements
- Acknowledges land managed collaboratively among host and refugee families.
- Traditional ecological knowledge
- Tree stewardship knowledge shared across cultures.
- Human Cultures
- Community of smallholder refugees and hosts with TEK around tree-based farming.
- Cultural landscapes
- Communal planting zones, seedling beds.
- Recent land history
- Previously bare ground, improved through tree planting since 2023.
Regenerative practice
- Regenerative Focus
- A shared tree nursery regenerating soil and communities in Nakivale.
- Regenerative Methodologies
- Community Woodlot Uganda – AYISD Refugee-host Woodlot
- Environmental objectives
- Woodlot is growing, nurturing soils and social bonds.
- Community objectives
- Woodlot Regeneration in Nakivale
- Community engagement
- Refugee and host families co-regenerating land through shared woodland stewardship.
Visiting & links
- Nearest urban centres
- Settlement-edge woodlot repairing soil and building community.
- Website
- AYISD website
- Social media
- N/A
- Visit Link
- https://www.ayisduganda.org/projects