Browsing Institute of Tropical Forest Conservation by Subject "Uganda"
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An Assessment of the Status of Exotic Plant Species and Natural Vegetation Types of Mgahinga Gorilla National Park, South-Western Uganda.
(1999)Mgahinga Gorilla National Park (MGNP) is an afromontane forest region in south-west Uganda on the slopes of the Virunga volcanoes, characterised by a great diversity of habitat types associated with its altitudinal range. ... -
Conservation in a Region of Political Instability: Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Uganda
(Conservation Biology, 2000)Bwindi Impenetrable is the most important forest in Uganda for conservation of biodiversity. It contains over half the world’s mountain gorillas. It is surrounded by densely populated agricultural land and lies within a ... -
Development and gorillas?
(International Institute for Environment and Development, 2010)Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and Mgahinga Gorilla National Park are two afromontane forests considered as extremely important biodiversity areas, with global significance, due to their population of highly endangered ... -
Financing forest conservation in Uganda
(ETFRN NEWS, 2008-09)Bwindi was gazetted as a national park in 1991. Inadequate consultation with local people led to protest and resentment about diminished access to resources (Hamilton et al. 2000). To reconcile conservation and community ... -
First Photographic Evidence of the Central African Oyan in Uganda
(African Journal of Ecology, 2024)Arboreal camera trap photographs were captured of the Central African Oyan Poiana richardsonii in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda. In total, 10 photographs were obtained from three sites in the park in 2019. This ... -
Forest Fire Prevention and Control in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, South West Uganda
(Institute of Tropical Forest Conservation – Ecological Monitoring Programme, 2000)Worldwide, extensive tracts of tropical rain forests are burnt during El Nino droughts. Severe dro ughts have occurred previously without causing such extensive fires. This extensive burning is a result of forests becoming ... -
A GIS-BASED MODEL OF ECHUYA WATERSHED AREAS MOST PRONE TO LANDSLIDES/SOIL EROSIONS: The effectiveness of watershed management interventions in South Western Uganda
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Harvesting of wild climbers, food security and ecological implications in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, S.W uganda
(Bwindi Mgahinga Conservation Trust, 2019-01)Humans have harvested wild climbers from forests for subsistence and commercial use for thousands of years. In the early four decades, wild climbers were considered a “nuisance” by foresters claiming they suppressed timber ... -
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 ... -
Linking Conservation, Equity and Poverty Alleviation: Understanding profiles and motivations of resource users and local perceptions of governance at Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda
(International Institute for Environment and Development, 2014-08)Biodiversity conservation that contributes towards poverty alleviation is a priority under the 2011–2020 Strategic Plan for the Convention for Biological Diversity (CBD). Protected areas are important for CBD signatories ... -
Long-term ecological and socio-economic Changes in and around bwindi impenetrable National park, south-western Uganda
(The ecological impact of long-term changes in Africa’s rift valley, 2012)Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is well known among conservationists because of its unique biodiversity that includes approximately half the world’s population of mountain of gorillas. ... -
Niche partitioning and densities of Albertine Rift endemics and their congeners in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Uganda
(Ostrich, 2010)Biogeographical theory predicts that restricted-range species should typically occur at lower densities than ecologically similar, but geographically widespread species. Exceptions may arise where endemics occupy distinctive ... -
The Parasites of the Gorillas in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park^ Uganda
(In Primates of Western Uganda, 2006)Detecting disease threats to endangered species and their ecosystems plays a crucial role in the survival of a population (McCallum & Dobson, 1995). As human pressure increases around and within habitats that contain ... -
The politics of mourning in conservation conflicts: The (un) grievability of life and less-than-human geographies
(Political Geography, 2024)Accounts of conservation conflicts often reveal that people living around protected areas feel like their lives are less valued than animals’ lives —they are confined to ‘less-than-human geographies’. Recent literature on ... -
A Preliminary Study of the Temporal and Spatial Biomass Patterns of Herbaceous Vegetation Consumed by Mountain Gorillas in an Afromontane Rain Forest
(Biotropica, 2009)Although many animal species consume herbaceous vegetation found in African tropical forests, little is known of the temporal and spatial availability of these plants. From September 2004 to August 2005 we conducted a study ... -
Sex ratios, damage and distribution of Myrianthus holstii Engl.: a dioecious afromontane forest tree
(Journal of Tropical Ecology, 2023)Male and female dioecious tropical trees are subjected to distinct demands that may influence their ecology. An example is Myrianthus holstii Engl. that produces persistent fruit eaten by elephants and other large mammals ... -
Socio-Economic and Ecological Implications of Local People’s Use of Bwindi Forest in South Western Uganda
(2013)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 hunting and wild fruit/yams ... -
The status of anthropogenic threat at the people-park interface of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda
(Environmental Conservation, 2009)Effective management of anthropogenic threats is key to sustaining biological diversity in protected areas. Types and distribution of threats to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda were investigated to assess the ... -
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 ...
