Biodiversity conservation and threat reduction in Kibale and Queen Elizabeth conservation areas, Uganda by Joseph Katswera, Norah M. Mutekanga, Charles K.Twesigye

“…The conservation areas are threatened by habitat transition/changes, wild fires, human-wildlife conflicts, armed poaching and illegal wildlife trade/trafficking in game meat and game products, increasing human population pressure, and boundary encroachment. Despite these threats, there was a general increase in large mammal population over the past decades, which collaborates well with the threat reduction assessment indices. …”
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Diversité de la flore ligneuse à la périphérie du Parc national de Waza (Cameroun) by Evaliste Remi Jiagho, Louis Zapfack, Louis Paul Roger Kabelong Banoho, Moise Tsayem-Demaze, Jeannine Corbonnois, Paul Tchawa

“…Also, weak conservation services deployment capabilities during certain periods of the year, (period of flooding) promotes illegal harvesting of plant resources both outside and inside the park, while the population pressure and climatic variations influence the ecology of plant species either directly or indirectly.…”
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Marketing Cooperatives and sustainable Agricultural development in Rulindo District, Rwanda by Nkubito, Habyarimana Jean Pierre

“…The most important of them were: limited Capacity on management of agricultural marketing cooperatives, inadequate initial capital, lack of transparency and accountability, low price of farm produces, high cost of production, low linkage with financial institution, small and fragmented farm holdings, lack of market structure, lack of storage and transportation facility, lack of access, usage and ownership of ICTs, climate change, inappropriate distribution of agricultural assets and population pressure on land resources. The study recommends that collective savings action is encouraged because it strengthens members’ market position, bargaining power, lobbying power, meeting their household consumption needs and enhancing potential income generating capacity together with investing on own education and health care requirements.…”
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Future climate change impacts on common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) phenology and yield with crop management options in Amhara Region, Ethiopia by Adem Mohammed, Estifanos Feleke

“…The risk of food insecurity has been aggravated by climate variability, climate change, population pressure, and subsistence agricultural practices. …”
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Vulnerability, Resilience and Adaptation of Lagos Coastal Communities to Flooding by Prince Emeka Ndimele, Akinloye Emmanuel Ojewole, Gabriel Olarinde Mekuleyi, Lateef Akorede Badmos, Christopher Monday Agosu, Emmanuel Sunday Olatunbosun, Oluseyi Olaide Lawal, Jamiu Adebayo Shittu, Olufemi Olabode Joseph, Kehinde Moyosola Ositimehin, Felix Chinsom Ndimele, Catherine Oluwalopeye Ojewole, Iman Olawunmi Abdulganiy, Odunayo Temitope Ayodele

“…Some of the problems are wetland loss, pollution, population pressure, restricted access to drinkable water, and flooding. …”
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