Itwara Central Forest Reserve is a body of medium altitude moist semi-deciduous forest in the

Kyenjojo District Kyenjojo District is a district in the Western Region of Uganda. Kyenjojo town is the site of the district headquarters. Location Kyenjojo District is bordered by Kibale District to the north, Kyegegwa District to the east, Kamwenge Distric ...

, western Uganda. It is 87 km² in size and is partly used as protection and production forest area by the NFA. 258 plant species have been identified within the forest of which trees compose 248. A group of 120

chimpanzees The chimpanzee (''Pan troglodytes''), also known as simply the chimp, is a species of great ape native to the forest and savannah of tropical Africa. It has four confirmed subspecies and a fifth proposed subspecies. When its close relative the ...

has been reported living there. Seven species are endemic to this eco-region and 10 are threatened. Bordering the forests are tea plantations and communities living from

subsistence agriculture Subsistence agriculture occurs when farmers grow food crops to meet the needs of themselves and their families on smallholdings. Subsistence agriculturalists target farm output for survival and for mostly local requirements, with little or no su ...

. Problems in the past have been poaching and encroachment in the northern part of the reserve.

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{{Protected areas of Uganda Forest reserves of Uganda