Browsing by Author "Medard, Twinamatsiko"
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Can Governance in Revenue Sharing Be a Pathway for a Win-win Situation between People’s Livelihood Improvement and Conservation?
Medard, Twinamatsiko; Grace, Kagoro Rugunda,; Benon, Basheka; Tom, De Herdt (Peer Review Research Publishing System, 2015-05)This paper establishes the importance of good governance in improving local livelihoods and support for conservation. The study uses empirical realities from Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, an afromontane Gorilla sanctuary ... -
Can Recognition and Respect of Forest Resource Rights save Echuya Central Forest Reserve? A Precursor for Appropriate Collaborative Forest Management
Stephen, G Bugabo; Robert, Bitariho; Medard, Twinamatsiko (Journal of Biodiversity Management & Forestry, 2022-07)Recognition and respect for tenure and forest resource rights has for long been considered essential for policy makers to promote forest conservation. Several initiatives have indeed been undertaken to promote recognition ... -
Lessons learnt from 20 years of revenue sharing at Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda
Medard, Twinamatsiko; Phil, Franks (International Institute for Environment and Development, 2017-11)Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is one of the prime protected areas in Uganda, famous for its mountain gorilla families that have been habituated to allow gorillatracking safaris. A revenue sharing (RS) scheme was ... -
Lessons learnt from 20 years of revenue sharing at Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda
Medard, Twinamatsiko (International Institute for Environment and Development, 2017-11)Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is one of the prime protected areas in Uganda, famous for its mountain gorilla families that have been habituated to allow gorillatracking safaris. A revenue sharing (RS) scheme was ... -
Pan African Feminist Perspectives Promoting Matriarchy. Women’s Pre-Colonial Linguistic Power Perspectives, Power Loss and the Contemporary State of Affairs in Ankole Sub-Region
Donath, Asiimire; Medard, Twinamatsiko (Pan African Feminist Perspectives Promoting Matriarchy., 2021-11-15)This paper studies the linguistic approach used to describe wise, healer and powerful women in the Ankole Sub-region during the pre-colonial times. Discussed in the study are the names, words and proverbs that describe a ... -
Profiling unauthorized natural resource users for better targeting of conservation interventions
Medard, Twinamatsiko; Mariel, Harrison; Julia, Baker; E.J., Milner-Gulland (Conservation Biology, 2015-04-15)Unauthorized use of natural resources is a key threat to many protected areas. Approaches to reducing this threat include law enforcement and integrated conservation and development (ICD) projects, but for such ICDs to be ... -
A Survey of Hydrological Systems in the Great Virunga Landscape
Medard, Twinamatsiko; Sam, Ayebare; Daniel, Mabirizi; Aventino, Kasangaki; Dennis, Babaasa (Institute of Tropical Forest Conservation, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, 2015-08)The Greater Virunga Landscape (GVL) is an interconnected chain of eleven protected areas that straddle the borders of Uganda, Rwanda and Democratic Republic of Congo. The landscape is famous for its mountain gorillas ... -
UTILISATION OF BIODEGRADABLE SOLID WASTE TO BOOST CROP PRODUCTION AMONG FARMERS IN MBARARA CITY, SOUTH WESTERN UGANDA
Wycliffe, Tumwesigye; Medard, Twinamatsiko; Naboth, Twesigye (American Journal of Agriculture, 2022)Purpose: Determining the utilisation of biodegradable solid waste in boosting crop productivity among farmers in Mbarara City. Methodology: Mixed methods were used with simple random sampling and purposive sampling to ... -
Who wants what?
Medard, Twinamatsiko; Dilys, Roe,; Peter, Nizette; Salvatrice, Musabyeyezu; Harold, Goodwin (International Institute for Environment and Development, 2017-02)‘Local economic development through pro-poor gorilla tourism in Uganda’ is a three year project funded by the UK government's Darwin Initiative. The aim of the project is to work with local people and established tour ... -
Women‘s employment and the changing family pattern in Ankole Sub-region- Uganda
Asiimire, Donath; Gertrude, Fester; Medard, Twinamatsiko; Benard, Nuwatuhaire (International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, 2021-12)This study employed a case study design using phenomenological stances of qualitative research to collect data from three districts of Mbarara, Bushenyi and Kiruhura and the objective of the study was to find out how ...