The Uganda National Forestry Authority (NFA) has signed an agreement with the Community residing next to Matiri central forest in Kyenjojo district to conserve and sustainably use the forest. Matiri Forest had been encroached on but since the encroachers were thrown out the forest authority is now fast regretting which has prompted NFA and the nearby community to enter an agreement in which the community members will play a watchdog role over the forest, and will be allowed to carry out some accepted economic activities like Bee keeping, and fetching firewood.

While signing the agreement held at Murambu primary school Matiri village, NFA Executive director Micheal Mugisa has commended the community of Matiri for this commitment but warned the public against forest encroachment. According to Sam Nyakojjo the acting executive director of an Environmental NGO the Joint Effort to Save Environment (JESE) which has been sensitizing communities about the need to conserve the environment, the signed agreement is a great milestone.