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A GIS-BASED MODEL OF ECHUYA WATERSHED AREAS MOST PRONE TO LANDSLIDES/SOIL EROSIONS: The effectiveness of watershed management interventions in South Western Uganda
(Mbarara University of Science and Technology, 2015-11)
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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. ...
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 ...
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 ...
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. ...
How selective are elephants as agents of forest tree damage in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda?
(African Journal of Ecology, 2013)
Elephants are locally concentrated in Bwindi Impenetra ble National Park. Vegetation damage attributable to elephants appears to be increasing and may result in the modification of the forest. We examined the implied ...
Can Governance in Revenue Sharing Be a Pathway for a Win-win Situation between People’s Livelihood Improvement and Conservation?
(Journal of Social Science Research, 2015-05-25)
This paper establishes the importance of good governance in improving local livelihoods and support for conservation. The study uses empirical realities from Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, an afromontane Gorilla sanctuary ...
Pan‐tropical prediction of forest structure from the largest trees
(Global Ecology and Biogeography, 2018)
Aim: Large tropical trees form the interface between ground and airborne observations, offering a unique opportunity to capture forest properties remotely and to investigate their variations on broad scales. However, despite ...
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 ...
Dynamics of forest cover conversion in and around Bwindi impenetrable forest, Southwestern Uganda
(Journal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management, 2011)
Forest cover has been converted to agricultural land use in and around the protected areas of Uganda. The objectives of this study were; to examine the dynamics of forest cover change in and around Bwindi impenetrable ...