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    False promise or false premise? Using tourism revenue sharing to promote conservation and poverty reduction in Uganda 

    Tumusiime, David Mwesigye; Vedeld, Paul
    Tourism and the sharing of the associated revenues with local people have been increasingly fronted as key instruments for maintaining protected areas (PAs) globally. This paper focuses on a tourism revenue sharing ...
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    Breaking the law? Illegal livelihoods from a protected area in Uganda 

    Tumusiime, David Mwesigye; Vedeld, Paul; Gombya-Ssembajjwe, William
    Forests are important to local livelihoods and regulating access to forests will have consequences to those livelihoods and may promote illegal harvesting. This study analyses how local people make a living, focusing on ...
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    A local counter-narrative on the conservation of Mountain Gorillas 

    Tumusiime, David Mwesigye; Svarstad, Hanne
    Using social science narrative analysis, we studied how people who live next to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Bwindi INP) in Uganda narrate about their situation. We found a dominant ambivalence narrative, which ...
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    Conservation and development: Justice, inequality, and attitudes around Bwindi Impenetrable National Park 

    Tumusiime, David Mwesigye; Sjastaad, Espen
    Do national parks promote development in their immediate surroundings? And is local development instrumental in the success of conservation goals? We investigated allocation of opportunities and burdens around a national ...
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    Wildlife damage and control methods around Lake Mburo National Park, Uganda 

    Tumusiime, David Mwesigye; Tweheyo, Mnason; Turyahabwe, Nelson; Orikiriza, Lawrence; Asiimwe, Asaph (Taylor & Francis, 2012)
    This study documents the different management and control measures developed and implemented by farmers to mitigate vertebrate pest attacks on crops and livestock around Lake Mburo National Park in Uganda. A semi-structured ...
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    Can biodiversity conservation benefit local people? Costs and benefits at a strict protected Area in Uganda 

    Tumusiime, David Mwesigye; Vedeld, Paul
    This article examines the livelihoods and experiences of local people after two decades of living close to a strict protected area (PA). A total of 290 local PA neighbors and 60 key informants were interviewed. Findings ...
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    Impact of collaborative forest management on forest status and local perceptions of contribution to livelihoods in Uganda 

    Tumusiime, David Mwesigye; Turyahabwe, Nelson; Byakagaba, Patrick; Tumwebaze, Susan Balaba
    This study assessed the impacts of Collaborative Forest Management (CFM) initiatives on forest status of Budongo Forest reserve in Uganda and perceptions of the participating communities on the contribution of CFM towards ...
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    Understanding sitatunga (Tragelaphus spekii) habitats through diet analysis in Rushebeya-Kanyabaha wetland, Uganda 

    Tumusiime, David Mwesigye; Tweheyo, Mnason; Ndawula, Joseph; Eilu, Gerald
    Between January and December 2008, we assessed the diet and habitat selection of sitatunga, a highly endangered tropical wetland antelope threatened by habitat loss in Rushebeya-Kanyabaha wetland. Microhistological ...
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    Contribution of wetland resources to household food security in Uganda 

    Tumusiime, David Mwesigye; Turyahabwe, Nelson; Kakuru, Willy; Tweheyo, Mnason
    Background: In Uganda, nearly 1.4 million people are currently food insecure, with the prevalence of food energy deficiency at the country level standing at 37%. Local farmers are vulnerable to starvation in times of ...
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    Decentralisation of forest management — Is it a panacea to challenges in forest governance in Uganda? 

    Tumusiime, David Mwesigye; Turyahabwe, Nelson; Byakagaba, Patrick
    Decentralisation of forest management is currently implemented in many countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America as a governance strategy aimed at enhancing for‐ est resource conservation, poverty alleviation and equity ...
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