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2019 | Beyond Gorillas Local Economic Development Through Tourism At Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

The Local Economic Development Through Pro-Poor Tourism project has demonstrated that it is possible to develop sustainable livelihood opportunitie

2019 | The Ecological Implications Of Harvesting Wild Climbers For Food Security Products Around Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, South Western Uganda

Sustainable utilisation of Non Timber Forest Products (NTFPS) is a widely accepted forestry management approach.

2019 | Drivers And Impacts Of Climate Change On Biodiversity And Ecosystem Services In The Greater Virunga Landscape

This study was undertaken under the Greater Virunga Transboundary Collaboration (GVTC) involving three partner states of Democratic Republic of Con

2018 | A Rapid Assessment And Evaluation Of Attitudes, Motivations And Impacts Of HUGO Members In The Mitigation Of Human Wildlife Conflict Around Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, S.W. Uganda

The major cause of human-wildlife conflict (HWC) worldwide is the competition between the ever-increasing human populations and wildlife competing

2018 | Conservation And Development In Uganda

Uganda has extensive protected areas and iconic wildlife (including mountain gorillas), which exist within a complex social and political environme

2018 | The Status Of Biodiversity In Kasyoha - Kitomi Central Forest Reserve

Kasyoha-Kitomi Central Forest Reserve (KKCFR) covers nearly 40,000 ha of mid-altitude moist forest in the

2018 | Echuya Biodiversity Report 2018

This report focuses on the current status of biodiversity in Echuya Central Forest Reserve, SW Uganda.

2017 | ITFC Strategic Plan 2017-2022

ITFC's strategic plan from 2017-2022 is the institute's guiding plan on how to continue its work conservation and ecological research in a time whe

2016 | Hydrological Systems In The Greater Virunga Landscape: Water Quality Around Mikeno Sector

Monitoring of environmental parameters is one of the highest priorities in the evaluation of environmental status of water resources and in environ

2016 | Matrix Population Models Indicate That Bark Harvest Of Two Medicinal Plants In Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrable National Park Is Sustainable

Balancing forest conservation with resource extraction by local people is challenging.

2016 | Positive Biodiversity-Productivity Relationship Predominant In Global Forests.

We explored the effect of tree species richness on tree volume productivity at the global scale using repeated forest inventories from 777,126 perm

2016 | A New Automated Behavioural Response System To Integrate Playback Experiments Into Camera Trap Studies

This study by ITFC and other partner universities and organisations from Canada, USA, and UK looks at how animals in the wild respond to disturbanc

2015 | Profiling Unauthorized Natural Resource Users For Better Targeting Of Conservation Interventions

Unauthorized use of natural resources is a key threat to many protected areas.

2015 | Can Governance In Revenue Sharing Be A Pathway For A Win-Win Situation Between People’s Livelihood Improvement And Conservation?

This paper establishes the importance of good governance in improving local livelihoods and support for conservation.

2015 | Patterns Of Wildlife Value Orientations At Ruhija Sector, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda: Implications For Mountain Gorilla (Gorilla Beringei Beringei) Conservation

The critically endangered mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei) of East Africa face significant anthropogenic threats as a result of their