School of Forestry, Environmental and Geographical Sciences (SFEGS): Recent submissions
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Conservation of indigenous tree species by local people around Mabira Forest Reserve, Central Uganda
(Makerere University, 2014)Unsustainable exploitation of forests has led to loss of indigenous tree species. The extent and nature of the loss is, however, not clearly known around Mabira Forest Reserve. This study assessed the conservation of ... -
Wetland use/cover changes and local perceptions in Uganda
With increasing population, coupled with land shortage and weather variations, wetlands in Uganda have continued to face degradation due to mainly conversion for agricultural, industrial and settlement purposes. The objective ... -
Wildlife snaring in Budongo Forest Reserve, Uganda
Snaring is an indiscriminate vertebrate trapping method that has maimed more than 36% of an estimated 700 resident chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) of Budongo Forest Reserve. This study was conducted in two phases to assess ... -
Discovery of Oil: Community perceptions and expectations in Uganda’s Albertine Region
This study was conducted to interrogate local perceptions and expectations from the discovery of oil in the Albertine Graben of Uganda. We interviewed 50 residents (30 men and 20 women) from Butiaba and Wanseko (Buliisa ... -
Conservation and development: Justice, inequality, and attitudes around Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
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 ... -
Contribution of wetland resources to household food security in Uganda
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 ... -
Bee biodiversity and their forage-plant resources in Queen Elizabeth National Park
(Makerere University, 2015-08)Knowledge on bee ecology and diversity in the different habitats of Africa and East Africa, in particular, are still very limited. In Uganda published studies on bee diversity and community composition in representative ... -
A local counter-narrative on the conservation of Mountain Gorillas
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 ... -
False promise or false premise? Using tourism revenue sharing to promote conservation and poverty reduction in Uganda
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 ... -
Can biodiversity conservation benefit local people? Costs and benefits at a strict protected Area in Uganda
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 ... -
Understanding sitatunga (Tragelaphus spekii) habitats through diet analysis in Rushebeya-Kanyabaha wetland, Uganda
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 ... -
Breaking the law? Illegal livelihoods from a protected area in Uganda
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 ... -
Decentralisation of forest management — Is it a panacea to challenges in forest governance in Uganda?
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 ... -
Recruitment and volume increment of selected indigenous tree species in Mabira Forest Reserve, Central Uganda
(Makerere University, 2015-06)An assessment of recruitment and volume increment of selected indigenous tree species was conducted in Mabira Forest Reserve. The aim was to guide determination of sustainable harvesting quota and harvesting cycles under ... -
Organic pollutants in the atmospheric and aquatic environments of Lake Victoria
(Makerere University, 2015-12)The large surface area of Lake Victoria and the multitude of chemical-emitting activities in the lake’s watershed provide for elevated potential for atmospheric loading of organic pollutants yet there remain limited ... -
Smallholder farmers' adaptation to climate variability in Nakasongola District
(Makerere University, 2015-12)Climate change and variability are among the biggest contemporary threats to agricultural production and livelihoods in Sub Saharan Africa. As climate variability continues to manifest, the scale of the necessary adaptation ... -
An evaluation of suitable trees for ecosystem service delivery in coffee-agroforestry in Central Uganda
(Makerere University, 2017)Coffee is an important cash crop in Uganda cultivated in a multifunctional agroforestry system that provides a variety of ecosystem services and disservices. Although trade-offs between services and disservices depend on ... -
Within-tree and tree-age variation of selected anatomical properties of the wood of Ugandan-grown Eucalyptus grandis
(Forest Products Society, 2016-04)The challenges of utilizing Eucalyptus grandis thinnings prompted a study into its anatomical properties with the aim of identifying its potential based on the within-tree axial and tree-age variation. Fiber length, fiber ... -
Impact of collaborative forest management on forest status and local perceptions of contribution to livelihoods in Uganda
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 ... -
Recruitment and volume increment of selected indigenous tree species in Mabira Forest Reserve, Central Uganda
(Makerere University, 2015)An assessment of recruitment and volume increment of selected indigenous tree species was conducted in Mabira Forest Reserve. The aim was to guide determination of sustainable harvesting quota and harvesting cycles under ...