Recent distressing trends in climate change, population explosion and deforestation inspired this paper, which completes existing literature by providing empirical justification to hypothetical initiatives on the impact of population growth on forest sustainability in Africa. Using three...

This paper is based on field research around Kibale National Park in western Uganda and the East Usambaras in northeast Tanzania as well as reviews of other protected or partially protected mid-altitude forests in East Africa. All of these are surrounded by very high agricultural populations,...

Recent distressing trends in climate change, population explosion and deforestation inspired this paper, which completes existing literature by providing empirical justification to hypothetical initiatives on the impact of population growth on forest sustainability in Africa. Using three...