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Abstract
Transboundary protected area governance is on the rise in Africa. There is still a scarcity of well-documented success stories on how to design and deliver institutionally consistent transboundary outcomes concerning biodiversity and sustainable livelihoods. This article focuses on institutional challenges of such governance at the local stakeholder level on Mt. Elgon in Uganda and Kenya. A stakeholder analysis was conducted in border communities to analyze institutional frameworks of different protected area regimes coordinating local people's forest resources access, focusing on rights, returns, relationships, and responsibilities at the local stakeholder level. On the basis of the analyses we find that institutional complexities constrain an ideal of joint transboundary protected area management regime with a joint approach to local livelihood improvements. If institutional complexities lead to a lower priority on other concerns than biodiversity conservation in transboundary protected area programs in Africa, there may be an erosion of future support for such programs.
Notes
a Not included in the analyses.
Note. Relationships were measured with 5-point Likert-type scales (5 = very good to 1 = very bad). The table shows the mean value.
a Significant at 95% level, p < .05.
b Results from ordinal logistic regression. Relationship is the ordinal dependent variable.
a Significant at 95% level, p < .05.
b Results from ordinal logistic regression. Relationship is the ordinal dependent variable.
Note. Relationships were measured with 5-point Likert-type scales (1 = very important to 5 = not important). The table shows the mean value.
a Results from χ2 test.
b Significant difference between resource regimes, at .05 level.