Local communities and ecotourism development in Budongo Forest Reserve, Uganda

dc.contributor.authorLangoya, C.en
dc.contributor.authorLong, C.en
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialBudongo Forest Reserveen
dc.coverage.spatialUgandaen
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T18:08:32Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T18:08:32Zen
dc.date.issued1997en
dc.description.abstractEco-tourism has become an increasingly popular means for local residents to profit from protected areas. This paper described the development of an eco-tourism project, funded by DFID and NORAD, at Budongo Forest Reserve in Uganda. A series of village meetings around the forest led to a development plan for eco-tourism and two sites were opened to visitors, whose numbers grew rapidly from 1995 to 1997. Revenues were split to give 60 % for running the two sites, employing 28 local people, and 40 % to community projects. The authors observed that while the benefits of eco-tourism accrued locally and were ecologically sustainable, they would never match the revenues of timber harvesting. The next challenge was to ensure economic sustainability in the context of fluctuating tourism in Uganda.en
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier452en
dc.identifier.citationRural Development Forestry Network. Network Paper 22e, Winter 1997/98: 1-14en
dc.identifier.issn0968-2627en
dc.identifier.other452_Local_Communities_and_Ecotourism_Developm.pdfen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/65515en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherLondon, UK: Overseas Development Instituteen
dc.relation.urihttp://www.odifpeg.org.uk/publications/rdfn/22/rdfn-22e-i.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.holderCopyright 1997 by Overseas Development Instituteen
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectSocial impactsen
dc.subjectHumid zonesen
dc.subjectBiodiversityen
dc.subjectSustainable developmenten
dc.subjectEnvironmental impactsen
dc.subjectSubtropicsen
dc.subjectEcotourismen
dc.subjectEconomic impactsen
dc.subjectParksen
dc.subjectEcosystem Governanceen
dc.titleLocal communities and ecotourism development in Budongo Forest Reserve, Ugandaen
dc.typeArticleen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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