Pro-Poor Community Eco-Tourism Window for Sustainable Ecosystem Conservation, Community Participation and Wise Use of Mabamba Bay Ramsar Site, Uganda

18 Jun 2009 Mabamba Bay Ramsar Site, Uganda, Africa Ecotourism

David Nkwanga


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Promoting Community Participation and Support in Conservation and Wise Use of Mabamba Bay Wetland of International Importance

1 Jul 2014

Safeguarding the Ecological Functions of Mabamba Ramsar Site for Sustainable Pro-Poor Eco-Tourism, Community Livelihood Support and Environmental

The project aims at laying a firm foundation for Ecosystem conservation, Community Participation and wise-use through the eco-tourism window.

Some of the Cultural Structures at Nansubuga.  This is believed to give couples a blessing to have twins.

Some of the Cultural Structures at Nansubuga. This is believed to give couples a blessing to have twins.

The project intends to achieve its objectives through:

1) Improving collaboration with tour operators to jointly map out ways of promoting pro-poor community tourism this to be implemented through dialogue meetings and joint planning workshops;

2) Expanding the tourism base to reduce the pressure on the wetland resource that is likely to increase with the increasing in-flow of tourists, this to involve Community mapping of potential tourist attractions in the vicinity in joint exercises between tour companies, tourist guides, and the community with the help of a professional facilitator;

3) Documentation of Indigenous knowledge to further inform conservation efforts and appeal to more community support, this to be done using volunteers and the Eco-tourism Centre Management Committee to develop a data bank of indigenous knowledge for education, research, tourism and conservation values;

4) Institutional Development and further cohesion building within Mabamba Wetland eco-tourism Association (MWETA)through participatory planning, review meetings and training programs.

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