Breaking the law? Illegal livelihoods from a Protected Area in Uganda

• Published in: Forest policy and economics Vol. 13; no. 4; pp. 273 - 283
• Main Authors: Tumusiime, David Mwesigye, Vedeld, Paul, Gombya-Ssembajjwe, William
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.04.2011; Elsevier
• Series: Forest Policy and Economics
• Subjects: Adults; Assets; Economics; Environmental income; Environmental income Forest income Illegal Livelihoods Protected Area Uganda; Equality; Forest income; Forest products; Forestry; Households; Illegal; Income; Income distribution; Law; Law enforcement; Livelihoods; Mountains; Parks; Poor; Poverty; Protected Area; Regulation; Uganda; Villages; Uganda; Uganda; Protected Area; Illegal; Environmental income; Forest income; Livelihoods

Forests are important to local livelihoods and regulating access to forests will have consequences to those livelihoods and may promote illegal harvesting. This study analyses how local people make a living, focusing on the illegal collection of a forest's resources following its declaration as...