Nando Lewis
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Why do people flee their homes for UNHCR refugee assistance in Eastern Africa?
REFNo: SS212ES
This project aims to better understand South Sudanese refugee decision making before leaving their homes and in selecting their destination. I aim to go beyond the conflict causes displacement explanation, to investigate what levels of conflict and how other factors such as food insecurity influence the decision to flee ones home. I am also interested in better understanding why some South Sudanese travel to Uganda, whilst others travel to Kenya.
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UK |
2018-07-24 |
2021-07-24 |
Social Science and Humanities |
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Degree Award |
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Krista Milich
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Conservation to Coexist: Participatory Action Research for Wildlife Conservation and Community Development
REFNo: NS2ES
The goal of this project is to improve the conservation of wildlife in Kibale National Park and support capacity building of local people through a community conservation project. This project is focused on reducing human-wildlife conflict by using land use changes to prevent crop raiding by wild animals. Ultimately, by removing this conflict, the relationship between the local people and the park will improve and will support the conservation of endangered species.
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USA |
2018-07-17 |
2021-07-17 |
Natural Sciences |
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Non-degree Award |
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Jeremy Springman
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Public Opinion on Service Delivery and NGOs in Uganda
REFNo: SS170ES
Despite staggering growth in the delivery of public services by NGOs, little is known about how this shapes levels of citizen political engagement, confidence in government, and political accountability. This study will use a public opinion survey to measure whether receiving health services from an NGO causes an increase in levels of citizen engagement and confidence in government. To estimate whether receiving NGO-provided services influences the political attitudes of citizens who benefit from them, we will sample individuals in communities that have received NGO services and communities that have not.
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USA |
2018-07-17 |
2021-07-17 |
Social Science and Humanities |
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Non-degree Award |
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Helena Newell
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Natural Capital Accounting of the NWSC Katosi Water treatment Project, Mukono District
REFNo: NS51ES
Our objectives are to:
1. Develop and apply a framework for assessing and quantifying natural capital stocks and the ecosystem service provision before (the baseline) and on completion of a development project, with regard to the project’s impact on biodiversity.
2. Where possible and appropriate, value ecosystem service provision in monetary terms i.e. flows of benefits from Natural Capital stocks.
3. Understand how impacts and dependencies on the project’s Natural Capital vary between different stakeholder groups at local, regional and international levels
4. Make recommendations on measures to minimise losses of biodiversity and ecosystem services, and on measures for the project to achieve ‘no net loss’
5. Compare these findings to those of an ESIA in order to see how NC approaches enhance and supplement ESIA approaches, and explore the uncertainties and limitations of the NC approach, particularly with respect to data limitations and methods for valuation, in order to make recommendations for future projects
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UK |
2018-07-17 |
2021-07-17 |
Natural Sciences |
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Degree Award |
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Krista Milich
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Red Colobus Monkey Reproduction and Conservation
REFNo: NS55ES
Long-term studies of wild primate populations are important for understanding how species adjust to environmental pressures and for examining models of our evolutionary past. My project uses the endangered red colobus monkey (Procolobus rufomitratus) of Kibale National Park, Uganda, as a model to understand how ecological stressors impact reproductive function, sexual behaviors, feeding ecology, and survival. Recent increases in hunting pressure and disease outbreaks have changed the selective pressures facing the Kanyawara red colobus monkeys. My previous work with these monkeys documented differences in behaviors and physiology for red colobus living in different habitats. Conducting further research on these animals will help to answer important questions about both endangered species and evolutionary processes. I request permission to study the behavioral and physiological responses of red colobus monkeys to ecological pressures. Specifically, I aim to: 1) re-evaluate the variation in reproductive and adrenal hormones of individuals living in different habitats, 2) examine behavioral variation over time of individuals in response to pressures from both hunting and disease outbreaks, and 3) monitor demographic changes and the health of this population. Long-term comparisons of the behavior and physiology of these individuals will provide data on the ability for primates to adjust to environmental changes.
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USA |
2018-07-17 |
2021-07-17 |
Natural Sciences |
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Non-degree Award |
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