Extent and Rate of Deforestation and Forest Degradation (1986–2016) in West Bugwe Central Forest Reserve, Uganda

Table 6

Transition matrices for the periods 1986–1995, 1995–2006, and 2006–2016 in hectares.

Time period 1986–1995
1986	1995
	Land cover	Forest (Ha)	Shrubland (Ha)	Grassland (Ha)	Wetland (Ha)	Farmland (Ha)	Built up (Ha)	Total 1986 (Ha)
	Forest	716	787	21	80	18	11	1633
	Shrubland	197	805	13	22	20	31	1088
	Grassland	57	105	141	166	93	32	594
	Wetland	62	141	46	6	27	34	316
	Farmland	1	12	22	26	10	3	74
	Built up	3	4	27	14	18	9	75
	Total 1995	1036	1854	270	314	186	120	3780
Time period 1995–2006
1995	2006
		Forest (Ha)	Shrubland (Ha)	Grassland (Ha)	Wetland (Ha)	Farmland (Ha)	Built up (Ha)	Total 1995 (Ha)
	Forest	521	424	25	58	10	1	1039.5
	Shrubland	410	1051.3	102	138	49	2	1752.3
	Grassland	1.8	6	161	72	32	25	297.8
	Wetland	20	30	123	138.2	47	10	368.2
	Farmland	0.8	4	81	27	16.7	20	149.5
	Built up	1.8	9.5	56	24	18	63.9	173.2
	Total 2006	955.4	1524.8	548	457.2	172.7	121.9	3780
Time period 2006–2016
2006	2016
		Forest (Ha)	Shrubland (Ha)	Grassland (Ha)	Wetland (Ha)	Farmland (Ha)	Built up (Ha)	Total 2006 (Ha)
	Forest	102	753	23	9	11	8	906
	Shrubland	92	1378.1	44	10	29	14	1567.1
	Grassland	17	73	56.6	55	81	46	328.6
	Wetland	36	116	218	216	56	18	660
	Farmland	5.4	13	84	21	9	33	165.4
	Built up	0.36	1	43	7	10	91.6	152.9
	Total 2016	252.76	2334.1	468.6	318	196	210.6	3780

Areas in bold did not change land cover class.