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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...