James Nadiope established the Africa Sustainable Tourism Care Foundation to address the problem of human-wildlife conflicts taking place around Kibale National Park in western Uganda. ASTCF’s first project was at Kahangi village, where community consultation led to the emergence of both traditional and modern solutions to old problems. One of those solutions was, of course, community-based tourism. Thanks to “Good Tourism” Insight Partner Second Look Worldwide for inviting James to contribute this wonderful “GT” Insight.
Kahangi village is in what is called a buffer zone or wildlife management area north of Kibale National Park near Fort Portal town in western Uganda. Because there are no fences around Ugandan parks, this area is where wildlife and humans often converge. Conflicts between them are common.
Elephants, chimpanzees, baboons, and monkeys were fairly regular visitors in the Kahangi community, lured by water, bananas, maize, and other food crops which are grown in the area by the villagers. These wildlife caused intensive crop damage and frequently attacked both humans and their cattle. This understandably made the villagers less tolerant of wildlife. They often resorted to poisoning them ... Read the full "GT" Insight at https://goodtourismblog.com/2020/01/how-bees-trees-tourism-reduce-human-wildlife-conflict-in-uganda/