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The effectiveness of Problem Animal Mitigation interventions around Karangara and Bujengwe Parishes, Kanungu District, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, SW Uganda
(Bwindi Mgahinga Conservation Trust (BMCT), 2019-01)
Around Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (BINP), wild animals such as gorillas, elephants, baboons and bush pigs occasionally come out of the forest to into settlements to raid crops and but also end up harming human beings. ...
Socio-economic and ecological baseline impact study of the reclaimed part of Sarambwe Nature Reserve after border reaffirmation
(Institute of Tropical Forest Conservation (ITFC) & Greater Virunga Transboundary Secretariat (GVTC, 2019-08)
Sarambwe Nature Reserve (SNR) located in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
is contiguous with Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (BINP) partly forming a corridor
for wildlife such as mountain gorillas. As a result a ...
A Rapid Assessment and Evaluation of Attitudes, Motivations and Impactsof HUGOmembersin the Mitigation of Human Wildlife Conflict around Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, S.W.Uganda
(International Gorilla Conservation Programme (IGCP), 2018-08)
The major cause of human-wildlife conflict(HWC)worldwide is the competition between the ever-increasing human populations and wildlife competing for the same declining living spaces and resources. In Bwindi ...
The effectiveness of Problem Animal Mitigation interventions around Karangara and Bujengwe Parishes, Kanungu District, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, SW Uganda
(Bwindi Mgahinga Conservation Trust, 2019-01)
Around Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (BINP), wild animals such as gorillas, elephants, baboons and bush pigs occasionally come out of the forest to into settlements to raid crops and but also end up harming human beings. ...
Regulated access to wild climbers has enhanced food security and minimized use of plastics by front line households at a premier African protected area
(Institute of Tropical Forest Conservation,, 2020-08)
The amount of food harvested, processed and stored by households determines food availability—a key dimension to food security. In developing countries,front line households around protected areas harvest wild climbers for ...
On the scaling of activity in tropical forest mammals
(www.oikosjournal.org, 2020-05)
Activity range – the amount of time spent active per day – is a fundamental aspect contributing to the optimization process by which animals achieve energetic balance. Based on their size and the nature of ...
On the scaling of activity in tropical forest mammals
(Oikos, 2020)
Activity range - the amount of time spent active per day - is a fundamental aspect contributing to the optimization process by which animals achieve energetic balance. Based on their size and the nature of their diet, ...
The Impact of Bwindi Mgahinga Conservation Trust and Uganda Wildlife Authority’s Funded Community Livelihood Projects in the Mitigation of Illegal Activities within Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
(Institute of Tropical Forest Conservation, 2021)
Illegal resource access is a pressing biodiversity conservation and protected area management challenge. At Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Bwindi) in south western Uganda, poaching and unauthorised access to forest ...
The Ecological Implications of Harvesting Wild Climbers for Food Security products around Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, South Western Uganda
(Institute of Tropical Forest Conservation, 2019)
Sustainable utilisation of Non Timber Forest Products (NTFPS) is a widely accepted Forestry management approach. Unfortunately the sustainability of NTFPS in high Demand like the wild climbers used by local communities is ...
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 ...