Abstract: The ostriches (Struthio camelus) are the largest flightless birds (Ratites) in the world and characterized by their heavy weights and large wings. They are also among the common birds that inhabit the park areas as feeding and nesting sites.This study was conducted to assess and document the population status and feeding ecology of Ostrich in Abijata-Shalla Lakes National Park, West Arsi Zone of Oromia Regional State. A cross sectional research design was used to collect informatio...
Abstract: Human-wildlife conflict (HWC) is regarded as an interaction between humans and wildlife that results in negative impacts on humans, animals, or the environment. The HWC has been a recurring problem in Ethiopia due to increased human population and competition for the declining resources. This study was conducted to assess and document the causes, impacts and management options of the effect of wild life on human in and around the study area. The study design was a longitudinal popu...
Abstract: The study sought to determine tourist perceptions on the threats to the sustainability of wildlife tourism using a case study of two state protected areas in Zimbabwe. Using close-ended questionnaires, we collected data from 128 tourists in December 2015. Results show respondents generally perceived all the seven tested threats as serious, i.e., illegal hunting, destruction of wildlife habitats, human-wildlife conflict, lack of involvement of local people in national park touri...
Abstract: This study sought to establish the perceptions of the management of National Parks in South Africa and Zimbabwe with respect to making their parks universally accessible. This study was set against a background of many people with disabilities who are willing and financially able to patron national parks being denied the opportunity to do so due to various barriers. Using a qualitative approach, the researchers explored the views of the management of South African National Parks (S...
Abstract: The role of questing ticks in the epidemiology of tick-borne diseases in Kenya’s Maasai Mara National Reserve (MMNR), an ecosystem with intensified human-wildlife-livestock interactions, remains poorly understood. We surveyed the diversity of questing ticks, their blood-meal hosts, and tick-borne pathogens to understand potential effects on human and livestock health. By flagging and hand-picking from vegetation in 25 localities, we collected 1,465 host-seeking ticks, mostly Rhip...
Living organisms cannot live by themselves, their interaction with each other balances the nature with all living organisms as well as physical surroundings that forms collectively an environment. Pollution is the introduction of potentially harmful chemical or physical constituents into the environment, in which substances substantially harm individual species metabolisms, or which strongly and rapidly alter a stable historic ecosystem composition (Hogan, 2010). Human has modified the enviro...
ABSTRACT The Laughing Dove (Streptopelia senegalensis) is the most widespread species of Columbidae in Africa. There is no research done on this species in Sudan. Therefore, the present study aims to describe the breeding habits of the Laughing Dove in order to provide field data on breeding and breeding sites locations.Field observations were conducted on the breeding habits of the Laughing Dove (Streptopelia senegalensis) at Khartoum State, Sudan, from 2013 to 2014. Observations were made...
TABLE OF CONTENTSDECLARATIONAPPROVALACKNOWLEDGEMENTDEDICATIONTABLE OF CONTENTSABSTRACTLIST OF ABBREVIATIONSCHAPTERONEINTRODUCTION1.0 Introduction 11.lBackground of the study1.1.1 Historical Background 11.1.2 Theoretical Background 21.1.3 Conceptual Background 2.1.4 Contextual Background 31 .2 Problem Statement 4I.3Objectives of the study 41.3.lGeneral Objective 4I .3.2Specific objectives 4I .4Research questions s1.5 Scope of the study1.5.1 Subject scope s1.5.2 Geographical scope 51.5,3 Time s...
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ABSTRACT~ax policies that are set by government and tax authorities have influenced small business notnly in Kampala district but also world over. This research looks at how tax policies haveffected performance of small businesses in Kampala District, taking Luwafu Parish, Makindyeivision as focus of study. The study has been presented chapter by chapter basing on thebjectives stated in chapter one subsection 1.4, which include; determining the effect of taxompliance on performance of small b...
TABLE OF CONTENTSDECLARATIONAPPROVALDEDICATIONACKNOWLEDGEMENT ivLIST OF TABLESLIST OF FIGURESLIST OF ACRONYMSTABLE OF CONTENTSABSTRACTCHAPTER ONE 1INTRODUCTION 11 .0 Introduction 11.1 Back ground of the study 11.2 Statement of the problem 31.3 Purpose of the study 41.4 Specific Objectives 41.5 Research questions 41.6 Scope of the study 41.6.lTime scope 41.6.2 Geographical scope1.6.3 Subject scope1.7 Significance of the study s1.8 Conceptual framework 6CHAPTER rrwo 7VIIILITERATURE REVIEW ~2.0 ...
ABSTRACTThis study examines financial management and the performance of a health care serviceorganization under three basic objectives and these include: financial management.performance of health care service originations and establishing the relationship of the twovariables.This study was cross sectional and combined both quantitative and qualitativeapproaches in data collection and presentation. A sample of 52 respondents was used toachieve the set objective. The study found out that, ther...
ABSTRACT Biodiversity enhances capacity of ecosystems to provide food resources and sequestration services of pollutants in soil and water. Bitumen seepage could impact negatively on soil and vegetation, thereby reducing their value. Information on the impact of bitumen seepage on the abundance of biodiversity in Nigeria is scanty. In this study, effects of bitumen seepage on biodiversity were therefore investigated. The study was conducted in bitumen belt of Ondo state for three years, wit...
EXTENDED ABSTRACT The Saadani-Pangani ecosystem form part of the east Africa coastal forests ― and these forests, sitting along the coast of eastern Africa appears as small dotted patches but their biodiversity value is remarkably high. For example, they host about 4,050 species of vascular plants with 43% of them being endemic. The forests are either protected in forest reserves, or occurs in lands under private ownership. However, these forests have traditionally been impaired by suppres...
ABSTRACT Restoration of degraded natural areas to enhance genera conservation is widely gaining pace; however, effort geared at assessing response of animal community particularly in restored forests is still low. I used a CMR method to trap rodents and measured vegetation characteristics to examine the association of vegetation characteristics with rodent abundance, diversity and occupancy in a secondary forest 20 years after restoration. the results found first, five rodent genera were in ...