Profiling unauthorized natural resource users for better targeting of conservation interventions

Unauthorized use of natural resources is a key threat to many protected areas. Approaches to reducing this threat include law enforcement and integrated conservation and development (ICD) projects, but for such ICDs to be targeted effectively, it is important to understand who is illegally using which natural resources and why. The nature of unauthorized behavior makes it difficult to ascertain this information through direct questioning. Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda, has many ICD projects, including authorizing some local people to use certain nontimber forest resources from the park. However, despite over 25 years of ICD, unauthorized resource use continues.

Original Source

Publication Date: 
03/08/2015
Mariel Harrison, Julia Baker, Medard Twinamatsiko & et al
Conservation Biology
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Attachment(s): 
unauthorized natural resource.pdf
Tags:
Protected Area Conservation, Wildlife, Uganda, People - Animal Conflicts, Benefit Sharing, Poverty, Forest Resources, Africa, Minor Forest Produce, Medicinal Plants, Honey, Firewood, Hunting