Timu Forest
{{Short description|Forested area located in Uganda}}
Timu Forest also known as Timu Central Forest Reserve, is a forested area located in Kaabong District, Northern Region, Uganda.{{Cite journal |last1=Pratihast |first1=A. K. |last2=DeVries |first2=B. |last3=Avitabile |first3=Valerio |last4=Bruin |first4=S. de |last5=Herold |first5=Martin |last6=Bergsma |first6=A. |date=2016 |title=Design and Implementation of an Interactive Web-Based Near Real-Time Forest Monitoring System |journal=PLOS ONE |volume=11 |issue=3 |pages=e0150935 |url=https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/94042 |language=en |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0150935|pmid=27031694 |pmc=4816390 |bibcode=2016PLoSO..1150935P |doi-access=free }}{{Cite web |title=Timu Forest forest(s), Northern Region, Uganda |url=https://ug.geoview.info/timu_forest,226138 |access-date=2023-06-16 |website=ug.geoview.info}}{{Cite web |title=Timu Forest, Uganda - Geographical Names, map, geographic coordinates |url=https://geographic.org/geographic_names/name.php?uni=-2431172&fid=6450&c=uganda |access-date=2023-06-16 |website=geographic.org}}{{Cite web |title=GeoNames.org |url=https://www.geonames.org/226138/timu-forest-reserve.html |access-date=2023-06-16 |website=www.geonames.org}}{{Cite web |date=2022-11-16 |title=Celebration of the first International Day for Biosphere Reserves – Uganda National Commission for UNESCO |url=https://unesco-uganda.ug/celebration-of-the-first-international-day-for-biosphere-reserves/ |access-date=2023-06-16 |language=en-US}} The forest consists of Tropical savanna and has an elevation of 1,786 metres. It is located in the remote area of Kotide.{{Cite web |title=Vanishing Ugandan Ik fight for survival |url=https://www.newvision.co.ug/articledetails/1116749 |access-date=2023-06-16 |website=New Vision |language=en}} Timu Forest is among the other sites proposed for nomination by UNESCO. The forest is known because Aruu Falls originated from it in Kaabong.{{Cite web |date=2023-06-01 |title=Govt earmarks Sh800M to develop Aruu Falls |url=https://www.independent.co.ug/govt-earmarks-sh800m-to-develop-aruu-falls/ |access-date=2023-06-16 |website=The Independent Uganda |language=en-US}} The forest reserve borders Kidepo Valley National Park.
Setting and structure
Timu Forest is surrounded by the Ik ethnic group in North Eastern Uganda.{{Cite news |last=Serugo |first=Moses |date=April 18, 2005 |title=Uganda: Sheraton Hosts Exhibition On the Lost Ik Tribe |work=Allafrica |url=https://allafrica.com/stories/200504180768.html |access-date=June 16, 2023}} The tribe population is about 6,500 based on 2005 statistics, a people whose existence many Ugandans and the rest of the world are hardly aware of.{{Cite news |last=Ssenkaaba |first=Stephen |date=April 22, 2005 |title=Uganda: Artist's Discovery of a Forgotten Tribe |work=Allafrica |url=https://allafrica.com/stories/200504220408.html |access-date=June 16, 2023}} It is mist-shrouded and densely forested mountains of northeastern Uganda.
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References
External links
- https://www.berghahnbooks.com/downloads/OpenAccess/MeinertThis/MeinertLand_09.pdf
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Category:Forest reserves of Uganda