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\parbox[b]{13.4cm}{\centering \large{\textbf{Tropentag, September 18-21, 2016, Vienna, Austria}}\\[1ex] \Large{``Solidarity in a competing world ---\\fair use of resources''\\[2ex]}}
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\Large{\textbf{Climate Change, Local Community Participation, and Conservation in the Context of a Developing Country. A Case of Three National Parks in Uganda\footnote{\textbf{Contact Address:} Irene Judith Nagasha, Kyambogo University, Dept. of Teacher Education and   Development studies, Box 1, Kampala, Uganda, \mbox{e-mail}: \email{judith.nagasha@gmail.com}}\\[0.8ex]}}
\normalsize{\textsc{Irene Judith Nagasha}}
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\item[]{\small{\textit{Kyambogo University, Dept. of Teacher Education and   Development studies, Uganda}}}
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The focus of this project is on conservation of Parks and protected areas in the contemporary times of climatic change, moreover in the unique context of a developing country. With the onset of climate change many protected areas are under renewed threat by the surrounding communities. Many park agencies worldwide have begun extraordinary efforts to mitigate, adapt to, and educate about climate change impacts on their parks. These efforts require the awareness, support, and stewardship of park users, staff, neighbouring communities, and governments. Therefore, the study seeks to contribute to the extant literature by a developing a framework to understand how deprived park communities can contribute to efforts to save Parks amidst the increasing incident of climatic change. The project draws on the context of three parks in Uganda to address these  objectives: 1) to examine the role/r/s played by local communities around the Parks areas in the conservation of these protected areas, 2) to assess the pressures imposed upon local communities by climatic change that may impede or promote their traditional initiatives to conserve the Parks and 3) to establish how Park management in these contexts can effectively integrate local communities in park conservation efforts given the new threat of climatic change. The empirical context of the study is Uganda. The study will adopt a multi"=case study approach to offer an in"=depth examination of the phenomenon of interest. This approach is chosen in order to foster an in"=depth understanding of the complexity of issues underlying community involvement in Park management, and to clarify particularity. The cases of the Parks to be included in the study are Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Queen Elizabeth National Park and Lake Mburo National Park. Qualitative research strategy will be used. This will entail capturing the descriptive data and in"=depth accounts of the respondents. The respondents of interest will include the households around the Park, Park officials and local and international organisations in the region familiar and participating in the conservation of these protected areas. The project is intended to advance the knowledge on strategies and skills that can be utilised to help local communities around protected areas to address the constraints of climate change in their conservation drive. In contributing to existing knowledge, this projects seeks to extend the park community participatory model in conservation by incorporating the dimension of climate change. This is an important consideration given the effects that climate change is currently having on the poor communities in the developing countries. The insights arising from the intended study have a potential not only to contribute to practice but also to theory.}

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\noindent \textbf{Keywords:} Conservation, national parks, participation, sustainable environmental management
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