| dc.creator | Galabuzi, Charles | |
| dc.date | 2013-07-05T05:46:27Z | |
| dc.date | 2013-07-05T05:46:27Z | |
| dc.date | 2008-07 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-09-04T13:01:41Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-09-04T13:01:41Z | |
| dc.identifier | Galabuzi, Charles (2008) Conservation and local utilization of key anti-malarial medicinal plants in the Sango Bay area, southern Uganda | |
| dc.identifier | | |
| dc.identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10570/1539 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10570/1539 | |
| dc.description | A dissertation submitted to the School of Graduate Studies in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of Master of Science in Forestry of Makerere University | |
| dc.description | This study was conducted in Sango Bay, Southern Uganda between 2006 and 2007. The aim was to develop strategies for promoting conservation of key anti-malarial plants. The objectives were to determine the relationship between socio-economic characteristics of medicinal plant users and how they utilize botanic resources, identify the harvesting, marketing and utilization patterns of anti-malarial medicinal products, and determine the population structure of the major species. Household and market surveys were conducted using interviews, focus group discussions and participatory field visits involving a total of 212 people. Population structure was determined in 20 x 50m plots established along 500m long transects. Target species were assessed for damage using a seven point scale and mapped using a GPS. Data were analysed using SPSS, Excel and MINITAB. A total of 52 anti-malarial plant species in 46 genera and 29 families were identified. The four most highly ranked species were harvested by 51% of respondents between 8-10 kg of bark while, 22 % collected 20-80 kg of a combination of leaves, roots and bark. Distances travelled by herbalists to the forest influenced the amounts collected at a time. Education level of herbalists influenced preparation methods of medicinal plant products. Herbal medicine was sold in different markets by collectors and middle men. In the forest, abundance of the four major species ranged between 429 and 44 with Syzygium guineense and Warburgia ugandensis as the most and least abundant species respectively. Enrichment planting in the forest and on-farm cultivation is recommended to restore and reduce pressure on the most targeted species in the forest. | |
| dc.language | en | |
| dc.subject | Conservation | |
| dc.subject | Anti-malarial plants | |
| dc.subject | Botanic resources | |
| dc.subject | Sango Bay | |
| dc.subject | Uganda | |
| dc.title | Conservation and local utilization of key anti-malarial medicinal plants in the Sango Bay area, southern Uganda | |
| dc.type | Thesis, masters | |
