The status of anthropogenic threat at the people-park interface of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 41-50

  Olupot, William ^a,b   Barigyira, Robert ^a   Chapman, Colin A ^c,d  

^a Institute of Tropical Forest Conservation   (Uganda)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (Uganda)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; Disturbance; Edges; Forest; People park interactions; Tropics; Uganda

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; EDGES; FOREST; PEOPLE-PARK INTERACTIONS; UGANDA;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HARVESTING; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; TROPICS;

PARKS;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; HARVESTING; HUMAN ACTIVITY; NATIONAL PARK; PROTECTED AREA; RESOURCE DEPLETION; TROPICAL FOREST;

AFRICA; BWINDI IMPENETRABLE NATIONAL PARK; EAST AFRICA; SOUTHERN PROVINCE [UGANDA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 70349209661     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: 14694387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892909005347     Document Type: Article

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