Browsing College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (CAES) by Subject "Forest resources"
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Community-based conservation practices carried out in and around Kalinzu Forest Reserve and their implications on conservation of local forest resources
(Makerere University, 2014)Worldwide, forests have continued to experience rapid degradation due to various factors including unsustainable utilization and increasing human population. In Uganda, most forest reserves are currently experiencing ... -
Contribution of forest resources to food security: A case study of Mount Elgon National Park, Mbale District
(Makerere University., 2008)This study was conducted between 14th July and 2nd August 2006. The main objective was to find out the contribution of Mount Elgon National Parks’ (MENP) resources to the food security of the surrounding rural communities. ... -
Determinants of women’s secure access to land and forest resources: a case of Kpaatuo, Nimba County, Liberia
(2014-08-06)The study was conducted with the main objective of providing an insight on the factors that condition secure access to land and forest resources by women in North Western Liberia. The specific objectives were to; (1) ... -
Dynamics of access to forest and tree resources for rural livelihoods in Rakai and Luweero districts
(2010-05)The dynamics of access to forest and tree resources was assessed in Rakai and Luweero districts of central Uganda between November 2007 and July 2008. The study aimed at addressing a gap in knowledge of forest and tree ... -
Forest conservation practices of communities living around Mabira Forest Reserve, Uganda
(Makerere University, 2008-09)The aim of the study was to find out the various conservation practices used by communities living around Mabira Forest Reserve and the factors influencing the use of the practices in addition to forest resources benefits ... -
Local organisations and decentralised forest management in Uganda
(International Forestry Review, 2007)Policy and legal changes in Uganda have partly devolved forest management from the central to local governments and local community organisations. This paper analyses the roles, responsibilities, powers, legal instruments ... -
Mugomba Forest Reserve site report: third visit - 2005
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Technical and institutional capacity in local organisations to manage decentralised forest resources in Uganda
(Southern African Institute of Forestry, 2006-11)Uganda is one of the sub-Saharan African countries that has devolved the management of forest resources. Meaningful devolution, however, requires that local governments and other community organisations should have capacity ...