ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the processes and outcomes of the Ugandan forest sector reform initiated in 1998. It explains the sector 'lost in the woods', two decades after it went through the audacious, donor-influenced reform process. The chapter describes the institutional aspects of the reforms. From 1990, Uganda has thus lost more than half of its forest cover and, according to this data, there is no sign of reduction in the deforestation rate since the forest reforms were initiated. The forest sector reform came as a part of the overall reform involving most of Uganda's state governance sectors and it was therefore informed by the general ideology behind the larger agenda. The implementation stage of the process thus threatened the overall success and political and institutional sustainability of the sector reform. The forest reform was comprehensive and implied a major overhaul of all organisational and institutional frameworks related to forestry.
