Journal
ORYX
Volume 47, Issue 2, Pages 288-297Publisher
CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605312000026
Keywords
Degradation; fuelwood; Kibale National Park; population density; protected area; tropical forest; Uganda
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Funding
- Warren Development Geography Fund
- McGill Faculty of Science African Field Work Award
- National Science Foundation [CNH-EX 1114977]
- National Geographic Research and Exploration grants
- Direct For Social, Behav & Economic Scie
- Division Of Behavioral and Cognitive Sci [1114977] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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Illegal extraction from protected areas is often shaped by the surrounding socio-economic landscape. We coupled village-scale socio-economic parameters collected using household surveys with measured levels of illegal resource extraction proximate to study villages to investigate the socio-economic drivers of illegal extraction from Kibale National Park, Uganda. The level of illegal tree harvesting and the number of illegal entry trails into the Park were driven by subsistence demand from villages adjacent to the Park and by for-profit extraction to supply local urban markets, whereas grazing in the Park was linked to high livestock ownership. Capital asset wealth, excluding livestock, was found to mitigate illegal resource extraction from the Park. We also found high human population density to coincide spatially with park-based tourism, research and carbon sequestration employment opportunities. Conservation strategies should be integrated with national policy to meet the needs of local communities and to manage urban demand to reduce illegal extraction from protected areas.
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