The South African wooden pole market is a subsector within the forestry sector and forms part of the Forestry Master Plan currently under development. This plan is part of the Public and Private Growth Initiative process.

With over 280 bird species, a variety of mammals and a wide range of plants, Kikonda Central Forest Reserve in Kyankwanzi District, west of Kampala close to the oil city of Hoima has become a model for biodiversity conservation, community empowerment and responsible forest management.

Forestry experts, managers, and owners in Kenya stand to benefit immensely from the rising levels of awareness in forest certification promoted by organized groups with a goal: to strengthen the sharing of knowledge and information for the implementation of responsible forest management and trade in responsibly sourced forest products in Kenya.