All kinds of hunting are banned in Uganda. However, wild animals in and around Lake Mburo National Park (LMNP) are poached and Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA), the agency responsible for wildlife in Uganda, is not in the position to control hunting. In a new approach to ecosystem management it is assumed that once landowners living around LMNP are able to derive tangible and legitimate benefits from wildlife on their land they would have an incentive to protect it from illegal hunting particularly the most common impalas (Aepyceros melampus). This study describes the population ecology of the resource base and develops a concept for sustainable utilization, in order to integrate the interest of the local communities with nature conservation. UWA together with the landowners implemented already parts of the concept presented. Compared to other protected areas in Africa, Lake Mburo National Park (LMNP) in Uganda is small (260 km2), its wildlife community is incomplete (e.g. lions (Panthera leo) and elephants (Loxodonta africana) extirpated), and the surrounding landscape is heavily utilized for farming and herding by a growing human population. Illegal hunting and herding within the Park represent additional problems. For ecological as well as socio-economic reasons, the Parks existence and potential to sustain wildlife heavily depend on its surroundings. In my thesis I illustrate the intricate network of ecological and socio-economic interrelationships between the Park and its surroundings, point out the problems that arise for wildlife preservation and develop a concept for a new approach to ecosystem management, community-based wildlife conservation, in Uganda.
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All kinds of hunting are banned in Uganda. However, wild animals in and around Lake Mburo National Park (LMNP) are poached and Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA), the agency responsible for wildlife in Uganda, is not in the position to control hunting. In a new approach to ecosystem management it is assumed that once landowners living around LMNP are able to derive tangible and legitimate benefits from wildlife on their land they would have an incentive to protect it from illegal hunting particul...
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