Carolyne Nakigudde2026-08-112026-08-112026-05-27https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12311/3497UndergraduateThis dissertation examines the legal, institutional, and policy framework governing Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) in Uganda. Despite the existence of comprehensive forestry and environmental laws, Uganda continued to experience significant deforestation and forest degradation. The study adopts a doctrinal and qualitative research methodology, relying on statutes, case law, policy documents, international instruments, and scholarly literature. The research finds that Uganda has a strong constitutional and statutory framework that recognizes environmental protection, sustainable development, and community participation. However weak enforcement, institutional inefficiencies, and limited community involvement continue to undermine sustainable forest management. Judicial decisions such as Greenwatch v Attorney General and ACODE v attorney General demonstrates the courts` supportive role in environmental protection, through practical challenges persists. The study concludes that effective sustainable forest management in Uganda requires strengthened institutional capacity, meaningful community participation, and effective domestication of international environmental obligations. Finally, the key findings of the study, conclusions and recommendations were added to the last chapter.enDissertation