dc.contributor.author | Karaza, Caleb | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-02-24T11:07:18Z | |
dc.date.available | 2022-02-24T11:07:18Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2022-02-24 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Karaza, C. (2022). Persistent incidences of poaching and its implications on ecosystem functionality and community livelihoods around QENP: case study: Kihihi subcounty. (Unpublished Undergraduate Dissertation). Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda. | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12281/11201 | |
dc.description | A research report submitted to the Department of Environmental Management in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of the degree of Bachelor of Environmental Science of Makerere University | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | This study on the incidences of persistent poaching and its effects on ecosystem functionality and
community livelihoods around QENP was conducted in Bukorwe village Kanungu district. The
specific objectives of the study were to:( 1) examine the persistent incidences of poaching and its
effects on ecosystem functionality and community livelihoods around QENP, (2) Identify the
measures being undertaken to reduce the practice of poaching, 3) examine the effects of poaching on
ecosystem functionality and on community livelihoods around QENP and 4) investigate the drivers
of persistent poaching around QENP. Data was collected using interviews and questionnaires
administered to 80 randomly selected respondents. The finding from the study showed that majority
of the respondents were males, peasant farmers dominating the occupational carrier and poverty as
the major driver to poaching around QENP, the study concludes that there is still a lot of poaching
activities carried out around QENP and is continuously driven by poverty, corruption tendencies,
high prices, low and weak management coupled with unawareness about the importance of
conserving wildlife. Finally, the study recommends to address the challenge of poverty which is cited
as the major driver of poaching within communities around QENP, by providing alternative income
generating activities are made available for these communities to earn income from for survival other than go poaching. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Makerere University | en_US |
dc.subject | poaching | en_US |
dc.subject | ecosystem functionality | en_US |
dc.subject | ecosystem | en_US |
dc.subject | community livelihoods | en_US |
dc.subject | livelihoods | en_US |
dc.subject | Queen Elizabeth National Park | en_US |
dc.title | Persistent incidences of poaching and its implications on ecosystem functionality and community livelihoods around QENP: case study: Kihihi subcounty | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | en_US |