Uganda

Latitude: 
2.00
Longitude: 
33.00
GeoNames ID: 
226 074
Geofield: 
POINT (33 2)

“Evaluating a Union between Health Care and Conservation: a Mobile Clinic Improves Park-People Relations, Yet Poaching Increases”

The authors evaluate the attitudes and perceptions of local communities living in proximity to protected areas. To demonstrate the positive effects of protected areas providing employment or services to neighboring communities, they study the provision of a mobile health clinic in Kibale National Park in Uganda.

"Drilling through Conservation Policy: Oil Exploration in Murchison Falls Protected Area, Uganda"

Catrina A. MacKenzie, Rebecca K. Fuda, Sadie Jane Ryan, and Joel Hartter use interviews and focus group discussions to assess the interaction of oil exploration with the three primary conservation policies employed by the Uganda Wildlife Authority: protectionism, neoliberal capital accumulation, and community-based conservation.