**2.4.5 Forest rehabilitation**

The taungya system has been the main way in which communities were traditionally involved in forest management. A review of the past taungya system was done and this helped to inform the development of pilot programs. The review also helped the FSSD to develop new strategies and systems for forest rehabilitation called "the modified taungya system. In 2001 the government of Uganda lunched plantation activities as one of its poverty reduction strategies. In the modified taungya and plantation development programme, CFM and forest fringe communities are expected to: (a) assist in the identification of degraded portions of the forest for rehabilitation; (b) establish nurseries from which the FSSD will obtain seedlings for forest rehabilitation; (c) undertake forest rehabilitation activities such as tree planting, transplanting, tree tending operations; and (d) encourage and assist communities to plant trees on their farms.
