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Contribution of Beekeeping to Household Income around Gishwati- Mukura National Park in Rwanda

Journal of Agricultural Extension
The study ascertained the contribution of beekeeping to household income around Gishwati-Mukura National Park in Rwanda. A total of 147 beekeepers were purposively interviewed using a structured interview schedule.
Andrew Kibogo, Kwaku Brako Dakwa, Peter K. Kwapong, Rofela Combey   +3 more
exaly   +9 more sources

A coffee corridor for biodiversity and livelihoods: climatic feasibility of shade coffee cultivation in western Rwanda

Trees, Forests and People
Around the world, restoration activities are underway to halt and reverse ecosystem degradation. A key challenge is to identify restoration approaches that work for both people and nature – i.e.
Joern Fischer, Marina Frietsch, Athanase Mukuralinda   +2 more
exaly   +4 more sources

Testing Camera Trapping to Survey the Ground‐Dwelling Bird Assemblage of Two Afromontane Rainforest Fragments in Rwanda [PDF]

African Journal of Ecology
ABSTRACT Ground‐dwelling birds play vital roles in forest ecosystems, such as seed dispersal and pest control, but are vulnerable to habitat fragmentation and hard to detect using traditional survey methods. Camera traps offer a non‐invasive, effective alternative for monitoring these elusive species, especially in difficult terrain and over extended ...
Torsten Wroński, Ping Sun
exaly   +3 more sources

Oral Processing Behaviors of Golden Monkeys (Cercopithecus mitis kandti) From Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda. [PDF]

Am J Primatol
ABSTRACT Primate foraging behaviors are influenced by a variety of factors including the physical and mechanical properties of food items. Golden monkeys (Cercopithecus mitis kandti) inhabiting Volcanoes National Park (VNP), Rwanda, rely heavily on mechanically challenging bamboo shoots and bamboo leaves for the bulk of their diet. We examined the oral
Niyigena S, Gategeko A, Bizimana A, Kaplin BA, Manishimwe A, Dunham NT.   +5 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Species Composition, Relative Abundance and Diversity of Forager Honey Bees in and around Gishwati-Mukura National Park, Rwanda

Ethiopian Journal of Science and Sustainable Development
This study examined the influence of habitat type, seasonality, temperature, and humidity on forager bee abundance, species richness, and diversity in and around Gishwati–Mukura National Park (GMNP).
Kibogo Andrew, Kwaku Brako Dakwa, Peter Kofi Kwapong, Rofela Combey   +3 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Remote Sensing and Landscape Metrics-Based Forest Physical Degradation: Two-Decades Assessment in Gishwati-Mukura Biological Corridor in Rwanda, East-Central Africa

Journal of Geoscience and Environment Protection, 2022
Jaeyong Choi
exaly   +2 more sources

Fixing the ecosystem: Conservation, crisis and capital in Rwanda's Gishwati Forest [PDF]

Environment and Planning E, Nature and Space, 2019
Nathan Clay
exaly   +2 more sources

Distribution and conservation status of the golden monkey Cercopithecus mitis kandti in Rwanda

Oryx, 2023
Habitat loss and fragmentation are major threats to primate populations globally. The Endangered golden monkey Cercopithecus mitis kandti is only found in two small forest fragments: the Virunga massif in Rwanda, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the
Deogratias Tuyisingize, Beth A. Kaplin, Winnie Eckardt, Abel Musana, Damien Caillaud   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Evolution of Impatiens (Balsaminaceae) in the Albertine Rift – The endemic Impatiens purpureoviolacea complex consists of ten species

TAXON, Volume 70, Issue 6, Page 1273-1299, December 2021., 2021
Abstract The Albertine Rift harbours a highly diverse flora with numerous endemic species. An important component of the forest understorey is the herbaceous genus Impatiens. Fieldwork in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda as well as morphological studies indicated that the Albertine Rift endemic Impatiens purpureoviolacea ...
Eberhard Fischer, Stefan Abrahamczyk, Norbert Holstein, Steven B. Janssens   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Towards ecosystem accounts for Rwanda: Tracking 25 years of change in flows and potential supply of ecosystem services

People and Nature, Volume 2, Issue 1, Page 163-188, March 2020., 2020
Abstract Rwanda, a small but rapidly developing central African nation, has undertaken development of natural capital accounts to better inform its economic development through the World Bank's Wealth Accounting and Valuation of Ecosystem Services (WAVES) Partnership.
Kenneth J. Bagstad, Jane Carter Ingram, Glenn‐Marie Lange, Michel Masozera, Zachary H. Ancona, Mediatrice Bana, Desire Kagabo, Bernard Musana, Nsharwasi Leon Nabahungu, Emmanuel Rukundo, Evariste Rutebuka, Stephen Polasky, Denis Rugege, Claudine Uwera, Yvonne Buckley   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source