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Weather patterns at Ruhija, Bwindi impenetrable national park, south west Uganda
(2000)This report describes the weather patterns of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park using data collected at ITFC from Ruhija. Two climatic parameters were used to describe the weather patterns at Ruhija and these are rainfall ... -
Impact of Water Harvesting on Kabiranyuma Swamp, Mgahinga Gorilla National Park, Southwest Uganda
(2003-08)Kabiranyuma swamp is one of the rarest afromontane swamp habitats in Uganda. The swamp is a major source of water for the Kabiranyuma Gravity Water Scheme that supplies water to over 21,000 people around Mgahinga Gorilla ... -
Gap characteristics and regeneration in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda
(African Journal of Ecology, 2004)Before Bwindi Impenetrable forest, Uganda, became a national park in 1991, there was a high level of human activity in much of the forest, especially cutting of large trees for timber by pit sawyers. This created extensive ... -
Abundance, Distribution, Utilisation and Conservation of Sinarundinaria alpinain Bwindi and Mgahinga Forest National Parks, South West Uganda
(.ethnobotanyjournal.org/vol3/, 2005)Sinarundinaria alpina (Schumann) C.S. Chao & Renvoise, a tropical African montane bamboo, is heavily used by lo-cal communities for household items such as granaries, baskets, ropes and trays. This article presents ... -
Plant harvest impacts and sustainability in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, S.W. Uganda
(Institute of Tropical Forest Conservation, 2006)Sustainable utilization of forest resources has been widely adopted as a conservation strategy, but that sustainability has rarely been empirically tested. Plant resource extraction from Bwindi Impenetrable National Park ... -
Census of the mountain gorilla Gorilla beringei beringei population in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda
(Oryx, 2006-10-04)Abstract Mountain gorillas Gorilla beringei beringei are Critically Endangered, with just two small populations: in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in south-western Uganda and the nearby Virunga Volcanoes on the borders ... -
The Potential Supply Of Plant Resources For Local Community Use In Queen Elizabeth Protected Area, Western Uganda
(Institute of Tropical Forest Conservation, 2007-02)Plant resources for local community use in Queen Elizabeth Protected Area (QEPA) have been designated in areas called integrated resource use zones. The integrated resource use zones of QEPA are the four islands on Lake ... -
Sustaining and Strengthening Conservation Capacity by Anticipating and Preparing for Change in the Greater Virunga Landscape
(2012-07-04)Executive summary The project “Sustaining and Strengthening Conservation Capacity by Anticipating and Preparing for Change in the Greater Virunga Landscape” has been successful in advancing the knowledge, capacity and ... -
Human-wildlife conflict management: Experiences and lessons learned from the greater virunga landscape
(2013)This study was conducted by the Institute of Tropical Forest Conservation (ITFC) of Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Uganda, with the support of the Greater Virunga Transboundary Secretariat, based in Kigali, ... -
A local assessment of the impacts of fifteen years of BMCT interventions
(BWINDI MGAHINGA CONSERVATION TRUST, 2013)This Assessment Project was solicited by the Bwindi Mgahinga Conservation Trust (BMCT, hereafter referred to as the Trust) to examine impacts of Trust interventions in the Bwindi and Mgahinga Conservation Area (BMCA) and ... -
Albertine Conservation Status Report
(ARCOS Network, 2013)1. Introduction Between 2001 to 2003, under the facilitation of the Albertine Rift Conservation Society (ARCOS), in collaboration with a core group of international conservation organisations operating in the Albertine ... -
Socio-Economic And Ecological Implications Of Local People’s Use Of Bwindi Forest In South Western Uganda
(Mbarara University of Science and Technology, 2013-01)Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (hereafter called Bwindi) is an Afromontane forest that has probably existed since the Pleistocene and Holocene times. The forest was first used by Batwa for ... -
Status and distribution of montane bamboo in Echuya central Forest reserve, S.W. Uganda
(2013-05)This report is a study of the bamboo population structure, disturbance factors affecting bamboo forest regeneration and the management options for the recovery of the dwindling bamboo stock in Echuya Central Forest ... -
A scoping study of the Hydrological Systems for Lake Edward Basin- Bwindi Impenetrable and Queen Elizabeth National Parks, Southwestern Uganda
(Greater Virunga Transboundary Collaboration, 2015)The Greater Virunga Landscape (GVL) is an interconnected chain of eleven protected areas (PAs) straddling the borders of Uganda, Rwanda and Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) with endemic and endangered flora and fauna. ... -
A Summary of the survey report of Hydrological Systems in the Great Virunga Landscape (Uganda, Rwanda and DRC)
(Institute of tropical forest conservation, 2015)Communities in the GVL face water shortages inspite of living adjacent major catchment areas. The water sources are unevenly distributed and few. Still much fewer water sources flow permanently. This makes the local community ... -
The status of biodiversity in Echuya central Forest reserve, S.W Uganda
(2015)Uganda is losing biodiversity at an alarming rate. Habitat change and direct exploitation by humans are among the most important reasons for this crisis. Forest wildlife is particularly affected with a need for harmonious ... -
An Assessment of the Effectiveness of Nkuringo Buffer Zone in Mitigating Crop Raiding Incidences around Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, S.W. Uganda.
(2015)In Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (BINP), a buffer zone strategy was introduced in Nkuringo (southern BINP) in 2005 to counter wild animal crop raiding incidences and to generate income for adjacent local people. This ... -
Community based monitoring report
(2015)This Community Based Monitoring (CBM) activity report presents the actual implementation of Uganda’s 2012 revenue sharing guidelines in the three parishes bordering Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. It also identifies key ... -
A Survey of Hydrological Systems in the Great Virunga Landscape: Water resources assessment and use in and around Mgahinga Gorilla National Park and Echuya Central Forest Reserve, S.W Uganda
(2015)The Greater Virunga Landscape (GVL) is an interconnected chain of eleven protected areas that straddle the borders of Uganda, Rwanda and Democratic Republic of Congo. The landscape is famous for its mountain gorillas ...
