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Integrating remote sensing data and rapid appraisals for land-cover change analyses in Uganda
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2005-08-05)
Rapid population growth, unsustainable land use, and a pervasively degrading landscape are components of a dominant paradigm regarding African development. While recent work articulating the 'misreading' of the African ...
Integrating remote sensing data and rapid appraisals for land-cover change analyses in Uganda
(John Wiley & Sons, 2005)
Rapid population growth, unsustainable land use, and a pervasively degrading landscape are components of a dominant paradigm regarding African development. While recent work articulating the 'misreading' of the African ...
The ecological changes of Echuya afromontane bamboo forest, Uganda
(East African Wild Life Society., 2001)
Echuya forest reserve was gazetted in 1939 and was then mainly a bamboo forest with very few hardwood trees. However, the current ecological situation shows that hardwood trees are replacing bamboo. This study analysed the ...
Ecological changes following rules in use and anthropology: the case of Echuya bamboo forest, south-western Uganda
(The Uganda Society, 2004)
At the time of reservation in 1935, Echuya Forest Reserve located in S. Western Uganda was dominated by bamboo (Arundinaria alpina Schum) vegetation. Presently, the bamboo vegetation is being replaced by hardwood tree ...
Early detection of tropical forest degradation: an IFIU pilot study in Uganda.
(Environmental conservation, 1995)
Opportunities and constraints in developing forestry curriculum to meet farmers' needs under the Plan for Modernisation of Agriculture in Uganda
(African Network for Agroforestry Education (ANAFE), 2004)
Uganda's Plan for Modernisation of Agriculture includes the development of forestry as part of the natural resource management (NRM) strategy, increasing productivity of land and eradicating poverty. Uganda's extension ...
Managing Uganda's forests in the face of uncertainty and competing demands: what is the precautionary approach?
(Earthscan in the UK and USA, 2005)
The sustainable management of forests in Uganda, and elsewhere in the developing world, presents a great challenge not only for forest managers but also for policy-makers. This is because forest ecosystems are complex, and ...
Non-timber forest products marketing: field testing of the marketing information system methodology
(Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations, 2005)
Despite their overall economic importance, studies have shown that the proportion of the final sale price of non-timber forest products (NTFPs) received by the local level of producers or processors is extremely small. The ...
The impact of population density on forest management and use in Uganda
(1997)
To investigate the relationship between population density and forest management and use in Uganda, this study focuses on agricultural communities in four districts representing contrasting population levels, forest resources ...