Re-measurement of Forest Regeneration in Rabongo Forest, Uganda
Introduction
Uganda has a beautiful surroundings and the lushness in the national parks is combined with the spectacular landscapes. This became one of the attractions of the country for its foreign visitors and promises to leave a perfect memory for the people. As an asset of the country, the National Parks and Forests are being reconstructed and preserved in order to support the opportunity being viewed in tourism and hospitality sector.
Background and Problem Statement
Every country has their pride of culture, heritage, and environment. Africa is nevertheless one of the most captivating places that the nature lovers will seek, especially when the idea arrives in biodiversity of plants and animals. Uganda created a great appeal on the visitors that keeping the rate of return of the visitors at high. Uganda supports both life and industry because of the wildlife, mountains, and parks. All of the colorful aspects in the country are subject for the government’s protection. The wildlife tourism, as one of the largest component in Uganda’s tourism industry can help predict the tourism growth in the country. In order to create a sound foundation for the growth in the industry, as well as, for the economy, the country seeks to improve most of the areas and establish better facilities to consistently attract more visitors’ remains in the country’s objective (UWA, 2006). However, one of the forests in Uganda named Rabongo Forest needs more of the attention which may arrive in the concept of regeneration. How will the country re-measure the need for the forest regeneration to achieve the quality improvement?
Research Aim and Objectives
The main aim of the study is to supply the idea on what are the measurements applied by the government in forest regeneration of Rabongo Forest. All of the ideas will be fashioned according to the three essential objectives. First is to describe the changes in the level of the tourism and action taken by the government and the people. Second is to describe the type and demand, number and quality of actions given towards the forest regeneration. And third is to determine the other tourist attractions and activities that might be created by exploring the Rabongo Forest.
Literature Review
The Ugandan Government, together with the international community, assisted and supported the ongoing development that might contribute in the growth of tourism because of the recognized increased of tourist visitors every year. Recently, there are camping options that are available in the country. In Rabongo forest and the Nile Safari Camp offers visitors activities such as scenic games and bid-watching drives, river launch trips, visiting the falls, fishing, nature walks, and chimp tracking (UWA, 2006).
As recorded, there is a 16% of tree stems in seven 1 hectares in Rabongo Forests. The country described that the damaged originated from the high number of elephants and therefore proposed four core strategies to help the tree species persists under the damages (Sheil and Salima, 2004; Nangendo, 2005). The methods of repellence, resistance, tolerance, and avoidance are sought to increase the measurements in forest regeneration. The species that inhabits the forests steeply declined and now reported to be scarce because of being sensitive to the elephants. However, there are still plants that are not scarce but varied in their population. For example, the Savanna species varies in population because of the locations. Still, the life of Rabongo Forest shows the evidence that elephants are the main reason in the reduction of the forest’s appeal in the visitors. The damage that the said animals caused is indeed influential in the tree diversity, forest structure, and wider landscape (Sheil and Salima, 2004). With this case, the future management and support reached the idea of continuous monitoring on the critical areas of Rabongo Forest. The maintenance in vegetation and conservation of the area plays an essential strategy, since it is vulnerable through the changes (Nangendo, 2005).
Methodology
The applied method in the study is through the use of the secondary data. Secondary information can be taken from the past studies, government reports, environmental reviews, tourism industry reports, and other essential materials that will highlight the Rabongo Forest. The advantages of using the secondary information are to provide the better view regarding the changes and challenges occur in the area of Rabongo Forest.
Methods of Data Analysis
The analysis of the collected data will be organized according to the concept of timeline. The journey of the study will start before the area is discovered, developed, and regenerated. The analysis is created in order to discover the gaps that might have an impact in the continuous development and re-measurement approach of the county onto one of their prides.
References:
Nangendo, G., (2005) “Changing Forest-Woodland-Savanna Mosaics in Uganda: With Implications for Conservation”, Accessed 21 June 2010, from http://www.itc.nl/library/Papers_2005/phd/nangendo.pdf
Sheil, D., & Salima, A., (2004) “Forest Tree Persistence, Elephants, and Stem Scars”, Biotropica, Vol. 36, pp. 505-521, Accessed 21 June 2010, from http://www.elephantcare.org/Elebase/conser2.htm
UWA, (2006) “Investment Opportunity – Operation of Launches/Boats Murchision Falls National Park”, Uganda Wildlife Authority, Accessed 21 June 2010, from http://www.uwa.or.ug/Launches%20%20bid%20doc.pdf
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