Reports and Publications

WCS has published a series of reports and scientific papers through the Albertine Rift Program, which focuses on the conservation of the Albertine Rift region and builds upon the history of WCS's work in the area. The Albertine Rift Program reports can be found on their reports page; more information about the Albertine Rift Program can be found here.

Reports

Bahigiki, Emmanuel et al. & Vedder, Dec. 1987. Étude socio-économique et propositions écologiques sur la forêt de Nyungwe - UGZ-3. (for MINAGRI)

Budowski, G. 1975. Synthèse des propositions concernant l’élaboration d’un programme de sauvegarde de la Forêt naturelle de Nyungwe. MAB, Kigali.

DGF 1984. Plan d’Action pour la Conservation et l’Amenagement des Forêts Naturelles de la Crête Zaire-Nil. Direction – Générale des Forêts. Ministère de l’Agriculture, Kigali, Rwanda.

Dowsett, R.J. (ed) 1990. Survey of the fauna and flora of Nyungwe forest, Rwanda. Tauraco research report No. 3.

Dowsett, R.J., Dowsett-Lemaire, F. and Vande Weghe, J-P. 1990. Les oiseaux de la Forêt de Nyungwe. ORTPN, Kigali, Rwanda.

Fimbel, R.A. and Kristensen, K.A. 1994. Gold Mining Activities within the UGZ 4 Management Zone, Nyungwe Forest Reserve, Rwanda. Report to WCS.

Plumptre, A.J., Masozera, M., McNeilage, A., Ewango, C., Kaplin, B., and Liengola, I. (2002) Biodiversity surveys of the Nyungwe Forest in South West Rwanda. WCS Working Paper Series No. 19.

PVO-NGO/NRMS Project, Oct. 1990. Buffer Zone management in Africa. Workshop proceedings.

Storz, M. .1982. La Forêt Naturelle de Nyungwe et sa Faune. Rapport Projet Pilote Forestier. Direction des Eaux et Forêts, Ministère de l’Agriculture et de l’Elevage. Coopération Technique Suisse. 70 pp.

Vedder, A.L. Nov. 1985. Rwanda. Agro-sylvo-pastoral project - Phase II, Ecological aspects of the project and natural forest conservation.

Vedder, July 1988. Technical analysis: Biodiversity Natural Resources Management Project, Rwanda (to IIED/AID-Rwanda)

Vedder, Jan. 1988. Conservation of the Nyungwe Forest Reserve. (to USAID)

Vedder, A. 1988.Nyungwe Forest Conservation project: final report. NYZS, New York

Masozera, M., Munanura, I., Mulindahabi, F., Plumptre, A., Sindikubwabo, M., Kaplin, B. 2004. Nyungwe forest conservation: Ecotourism, education, inventory and monitoring.

Masozera, M. 2004. Feeding ecology and ranging of chimpanzees at high altitudes. Mulindahabi, F., Masozera, M., Plumptre, A., Fashing, P. 2004. Ranging behavior of a group of 400 colobus monkeys.

Plumptre, A. 2004. Virungas park guard support.

Kaplin, B., Blondel, N., Mulindahabi, F. 2004. Census of the chimpanzee population in Nyungwe National Park.

Masozera, M., Weber, B. 2004. Restoring biodiversity conservation capacity in the mountain forest protected areas.

Plumptre, A. Study of crop-raiding patterns around the Parc National des Volcans.

Publications

Bouxin, G. (1974) Étude phytogéographique des plantes vasculaires du marais Kamiranzovu (forêt de Rugege, Rwanda). Bull.Jardin Bot.Nat.Belg. 44: 41-159

Bouxin, G. (1976) Ordination and classification in the Upland Rugege Forest (Rwanda, Central Africa). Vegetation 32: 97-115

Bouxin, G. (1977) Structure de la strate arborescente dans un site de la forêt de montagne du Rwanda (Afrique Centrale). Vegetation 33: 65-78

Deuse, P. (1966) Contribution à l'étude des tourbières du Rwanda et du Burundi. INRS publication #4, 115pp

Masozera,M., Alavalapati, J, Jacobson, S. and Shrestha, R. (in press) Assessing the suitability for community based conservation in the Nyungwe Forest Reserve, Rwanda. Forest Policy and Economics.

Masozera, M and Alavalapati, J. (2004) Forest dependency and its implication for the management of the buffer zone plantations around the Nyungwe Forest Reserve, Rwanda.Scandinavian Journal of Forestry Research,19 (Suppl. 4): 1-8.

Masozera, M. (2002). Socio-economic impact analysis of the conservation of the Nyungwe Forest Reserve, Rwanda. MS Thesis, University of Florida, Gainesville.

Plumptre, A.J. (in press) Lessons learned from on-the-ground conservation in Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Publication from Yale conference.

Plumptre, A.J., Masozera, M. & Vedder, A. (2001) The impact of civil war on the conservation of protected areas in Rwanda. In: The Trampled Grass. Biodiversity Support Program, Washington DC.

Sorg J-P (1978) La foret naturelle de Nyungwe (Rwanda): exploitation ou protection? Schweiz. Z. Forstwes. 129 445-452

Sun, C., Kaplin, B., Kristensen, K.A., Munyaligoga, V., Mvuklyumwami, J., Kajondo, K., and Moermond, T.C. 1996. Tree phenology in a tropical montane forest in Rwanda. Biotropica 28: 668-681.

Vedder, A. (1990) Conservation of the Nyungwe Forest, Rwanda: Primates as contributors to the science of conservation. AJPA 81: 311 abst

Verschuren, J. (1987) "checklist of mammals in the Nat. Parks of Zaire, Rwanda & Burundi" Bull Inst. R Sci Nat Belg Biol 57: 17-39 [Inst. Royal Sci Nat, 29 rue Vautier 1040 Brussels - also Mt. Nimba, Liberia 86]

Weber, W. 1989. Conservation and Development on the Zaire-Nile Divide. An Analysis of Value Conflicts and Convergence in the Management of Afromontane Forests in Rwanda. PhD Thesis, University of Wisconsin, Madison.