False Promise or False Premise? Using Tourism Revenue Sharing to Promote Conservation and Poverty Reduction in Uganda

• Published in: Conservation and society Vol. 10; no. 1; pp. 15 - 28
• Main Authors: Tumusiime, David Mwesigye, Vedeld, Paul
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bangalore WOLTERS KLUWER INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED 01.01.2012; Medknow Publications and Media Pvt. Ltd; Medknow Publications & Media Pvt. Ltd; Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
• Subjects: benefit sharing; Biodiversity conservation; Bwindi; Company financing; Conservation; Economics; ecotourism; Environmental conservation; Finance; gorilla trekking; Local government; National parks; Natural resources conservation; park outreach; Poverty; poverty and conservation; Protected areas; Revenue sharing; Rural development; Tourism; tourism revenue sharing; Travel industry; Uganda; Villages; Wildlife conservation; Uganda

Tourism and the sharing of the associated revenues with local people have been increasingly fronted as key instruments for maintaining protected areas (PAs) globally. This paper focuses on a tourism revenue sharing scheme employed in Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, involving rural farmer...