Long‐term funding of community projects has contributed to mitigation of illegal activities within a premier African protected area, Bwindi impenetrable National Park, Uganda

Bitariho, Robert; Akampurira, Emmanuel; Mugerwa, Badru

doi:10.1111/csp2.12761

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“…According this number, the protected areas in Indonesia is insufficiently funded; thus, it must be increased by approximately four times from the 2019 budget. New policies involving other stakeholders, such as public-private partnerships and more innovative funding mechanisms, could be implemented to close the funding gap (Bitariho et al 2022). In addition, funding fluctuations occur due to budget policies; hence, there is no certainty of adequate funding.…”

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Stakeholders and network analyses in Tambora National Park, Sumbawa Island, Indonesia

ANSHOR,

BASUNI,

ARIEF

et al. 2023

Biodiversitas

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Abstract. Anshor M, Basuni S, Arief H, Sunarminto T. 2023. Stakeholders and network analyses in Tambora National Park, Sumbawa Island, Indonesia. Biodiversitas 24: 5446-5463. The complexity of managing Tambora National Park (Tambora NP), West Nusa Tenggara Province, Indonesia poses a challenge to be overcome effectively by Tambora NP Office alone, thus the involvement of broader stakeholders is needed. These stakeholders have their respective levels of influence and interests which affect the relationship between them and Tambora NP Office. Therefore, this study aimed to identify the stakeholders related to the management of Tambora NP, and investigate their interests and influence using social network analysis. A stakeholder analysis was conducted by the following steps: (i) identifying the stakeholders, (ii) mapping the stakeholders, and (iii) assessing the relationship among stakeholders. The analysis identified 38 stakeholders related to Tambora NP management. Tambora NP Office is the primary stakeholder with the highest level of influence and interest. The relationship established in the management network of Tambora NP is still weak and centralized among several stakeholders in which Tambora NP Office is the most central stakeholder. The relationship among stakeholders is dominated by five stakeholders, namely Tambora NP Office, Natural Resources Conservation Agency of West Nusa Tenggara (BKSDA NTB), Executive Board (DP) of Geopark Tambora, Forest Management Unit (KPH) Tambora and the Environment and Forestry Provincial Service of West Nusa Tenggara Province (Dinas LHK NTB). These five institutions also dominate the proximity between stakeholders, so the information flow is not evenly distributed to all stakeholders. The weak relationships among stakeholders could be overcome by enhancing the flow of information and communication which could be facilitated by Tambora NP Office, BKSDA NTB, and DP Geopark Tambora.

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Stakeholders and network analyses in Tambora National Park, Sumbawa Island, Indonesia

ANSHOR,

BASUNI,

ARIEF

et al. 2023

Biodiversitas

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“…The categories of human activities identified were tree pole cutting, firewood collections, wild climber collections, beekeeping, fresh human trails, fire signs, bamboo harvesting and livestock grazing. The procedure of recording the human activities data following Bernhard et al (2021); Bitariho et al, 2022; McNeilage et al (2006); Mugume et al (2015); Olupot et al (2009). The fresh human trails were the directly observed human paths including trampling of vegetation crossing the plots, pole cutting were the fresh signs of leftover stumps after cutting, firewood collection were the dry tree branches cut from trees and leftover remains of dry twigs, fire signs were the fresh leftovers of fire evidences like ash and burnt wood, wild climber harvests were the cuts/leftovers of climber bases, bamboo harvests were leftover stumps of bamboo, livestock grazing were the signs of cow dung and goat droppings and fresh vegetation grazing signs within the plots, while beekeeping were the physical evidences of beehives found in the plots.…”

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Changes in floristic composition, diversity and anthropogenic perturbations in an east African tropical forest

2023

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We assessed changes in floristic composition, diversity and anthropogenic activities in an East African forest; Echuya Central Forest Reserve (ECFR). Using 272 permanent sample plots, comparisons between 2015 and 2021 were made. Twenty‐two tree species were recorded with Macaranga capensis being the most dominant. Tree species density increased significantly from 152 stems/ha in 2015 to 306 stems/ha in 2021. Similarly, trees basal area increased significantly from 19 m2/ha in 2015 to 38 m2/ha in 2021. The bamboo stem density decreased significantly from 11,931 stems/ha in 2015 to 1807 stems/ha in 2021. Shrubs, lianas, vines and herbs' densities did not show significant differences between 2015 and 2021. Furthermore, a number of human activities significantly increased from 22 activities per hectare in 2015 to 83 per hectare in 2021. The Non‐Metric Multidimensional Scaling (NMDS) ordination shows that the human activities with the strongest impact on tree species composition and basal areas were fuelwood collection, human trails, livestock grazing and pole cutting. In conclusion, ECFR is floristically poor; secondary forest tree species are replacing the bamboo forest and human activities could be negatively affecting the ECFR flora. We recommend interventions of increasing people's livelihood incomes to decrease their dependence on forest resources.

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“…Involvement of resource use committees in prohibited activities and practices of corruption have been reported in Bangladesh (Rahman, 2022) and Kibale National Park in Uganda (Solomon et al, 2012). Moreover, local community accessibility to reserves has also been implicated in driving prohibited activities in other PAs such as the Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in Uganda (Bitariho et al, 2022) and Bardia National Park in Nepal (Shova and Hubacek, 2011).…”

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Co-management brings hope for effective biodiversity conservation and socio-economic development in Vwaza Marsh Wildlife Reserve in Malawi

Manda,

Salako,

Kataya

et al. 2023

Front. Conserv. Sci.

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Co-management has been widely promoted in protected area management on the premise that it may simultaneously enhance biodiversity conservation outcomes and improve livelihoods of the park-border communities. However, the success of this management approach remains a growing debate raising the question of its effectiveness. To contribute to this debate, we used local community perceptions and secondary ecological data to assess the extent to which co-management has effectively contributed to biodiversity conservation and socio-economic development outcomes in the Vwaza Marsh Wildlife Reserve. Face-to-face individual interviews using a semi-structured questionnaire were used to collect data on the perceptions of co-management from 160 purposively selected heads of households. A desk study was used to collect data on trends in animal populations, animal mortality, and prohibited activities including incidences of poaching for the past 30 years (pre-and post-introduction of co-management). Results showed that local communities have positive perceptions of the conservation work in the Vwaza Marsh Wildlife Reserve. Further, there was an improved people-park relationship and a recovery of animal populations in the reserve after the introduction of co-management. These findings point to the success of co-management in the area. However, misunderstandings over revenue sharing were still a thorny issue, somehow creating mistrust between parties. We concluded that while it may still be early to achieve more demonstrable conservation outcomes, co-management appears to bring hope for effective biodiversity conservation and socio-economic development in the Vwaza Marsh Wildlife Reserve. Participatory evaluation of co-management involving key stakeholders is recommended in the Vwaza Marsh Wildlife Reserve based on the findings of this study and lessons learnt over the years.

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Long‐term funding of community projects has contributed to mitigation of illegal activities within a premier African protected area, Bwindi impenetrable National Park, Uganda

Cited by 8 publications

References 34 publications

Stakeholders and network analyses in Tambora National Park, Sumbawa Island, Indonesia

Stakeholders and network analyses in Tambora National Park, Sumbawa Island, Indonesia

Changes in floristic composition, diversity and anthropogenic perturbations in an east African tropical forest

Co-management brings hope for effective biodiversity conservation and socio-economic development in Vwaza Marsh Wildlife Reserve in Malawi

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