Mark Reed
Sustainability Research Institute, School of Earth & Environment
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Project Elgon: Human-Environmental Interactions on Mount Elgon, Uganda (Various Funders) |
Role: Joint Principle Investigator
Status: Completed
Funding Bodies: Royal Geographical Society, British Ecological Society, British Society of Soil Science, British Council and others
Amount: £14,173
Duration: 1996-1997
Collaborators: Universities of Aberdeen, Dundee and Makerere (Uganda)
Project Description:
Key to the conservation of species and resources on Mount Elgon are the activities of the growing human population that live on the mountain. Project Elgon sought to assess the impact of humans on plant and animal communities by studying the effect of different land uses on plant, small mammal and bird community composition. The project assessed human activities in the park and in adjacent parishes by examining the sustainability of current land use practices, and attitudes towards sustainable land use practices, as well as assessing the use of and attitudes towards family planning. In 1997 a team returned to the mountain to follow up the small mammal and bird work and conduct research into ecotourism and its effects.
Project Outputs:
Reed MS and Clokie MRJ (2000) Effects of Grazing and Cultivation on Forest Plant Communities in Mount Elgon National Park, Uganda, African Journal of Ecology 38 (2): 154-162
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