Understanding the Stability of Forest Reserve Boundaries in the West Mengo Region of Uganda

Despite heavy pressure and disturbance, state property regimes have stemmed deforestation within protected areas of the West Mengo region of Uganda for over 50 yr. In this manuscript, we reconstruct the process of creation and maintenance of forest reserve boundaries in the West Mengo region of Ugan...

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Published in:Ecology and society 2006-06, Vol.11 (1), p.38, Article art38
Main Authors: Vogt, Nathan D., Banana, Abwoli Y., Gombya-Ssembajjwe, William, Bahati, Joseph
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
common pool resources
conservation
Forest conservation
Forest cover
Forest ecology
forest governance
Forest management
Forest regeneration
Forest reserves
Forest resources
Forest soils
institutional arrangements
Land use
remote sensing
State forests
Uganda
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Summary:Despite heavy pressure and disturbance, state property regimes have stemmed deforestation within protected areas of the West Mengo region of Uganda for over 50 yr. In this manuscript, we reconstruct the process of creation and maintenance of forest reserve boundaries in the West Mengo region of Uganda to identify why these boundaries have largely remained stable over the long term under conditions in which they may be predicted to fail. The dramatic boundary stability in West Mengo we attribute to key aspects of institutional design and enforcement of boundaries.
ISSN:1708-3087
1708-3087
DOI:10.5751/ES-01713-110138