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- Title
Uganda: Conceptual Limitations within Formal Conflict Resolution Mechanisms in Transboundary Protected Areas.
- Authors
MUDONDO, Constance; BATEGA, Dauda Waiswa; KABUMBULI, Robert
- Abstract
This article illustrates the conceptual limitations within conflict resolution attempts in Transboundary protected areas (TBPAs) in Uganda. Using the case of Namatala wetland in Eastern Uganda, this paper analyses the conflict resolution initiatives by government of Uganda to-date; and highlights the conceptual gaps within these initiatives as a reason for the unending conflicts among those using the wetland. Although institutionalized approaches to conflict resolution are given priority by many countries, they often prescribe a public administrative structure model. This article illustrates how such approaches contradict tacit factors that underlie the different dimensions of conflicts in TBPAs. Adopting a retrospective qualitative approach, a review of secondary sources and 7 key informant interviews were conducted. Previous conflict resolution attempts in Namatala have involved resurveying of the contested land, dividing wetland territories based on administrative units; organizing meetings based on districts and providing security to people in conflict zones. Invoking the relative deprivation theory, the article highlights five issues of historical injustices, cultural claims; boundary definition; effects of climate change and language discourse that have been contradicted by this approach. The article demonstrates that all these limitations need to be appreciated and factored into the resolution initiatives in order to yield meaningful and sustainable results.
- Subjects
UGANDA; CONFLICT management; WETLANDS; TRANSFRONTIER conservation areas; LAND use; GOVERNMENT policy; PROTECTED areas; UGANDAN politics &; government
- Publication
Conflict Studies Quarterly, 2019, Issue 28, p46
- ISSN
2285-7605
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.24193/csq.28.4