Albertine Rift Technical Reports Series

The Albertine Rift Technical Reports Series (ISSN: 1543-4109) was developed by WCS to enable more detailed studies to be published in a timely manner. Many scientific papers and reports cannot incorporate the detail that may be useful for someone who wants it. For instance it would be useful when returning to repeat a survey at a site to have the details of the methods used and also of encounter rates of animals seen. It is not possible to put these in scientific papers and consequently many details of surveys are lost. However, these are important historical records and deserve to be documented well so that comparisons can be made in future. Similarly scientific papers do not allow a detailed examination of a particular subject and these are better dealt with in a report. An example is the first issue of the Albertine Rift Technical Reports Series which provides an overview of Human-Wildlife conflict and how to tackle it.

No. 1:  Hill, C.M., Osborn, F.V. and Plumptre, A.J. 2002. Human-wildlife conflict: identifying the problem and possible solutions. Albertine Rift Technical Report  No. 1, 137 pp. Click here to download (1.6MB). Or download by section:
Cover and Contents
Section 1: Introduction
Section 2: Issues to be Addressed
Section 3: Measuring Crop Losses
Section 4: The Farmer’s Perspective
Section 5: Conflict Resolution
Appendix I: The Manager’s Perspective
Appendix I: The Farmer’s Perspective
Appendix I: Elephants- A Special Case
Appendix II: List of Participants and Contact Details

No. 2: Plumptre, A.J., Cox, D. and Mugume, S. (2003) The Status of Chimpanzees in Uganda. Albertine Rift Technical Report No. 2, 69 pp. Click here  to download (3MB). Or download by section:
Cover and Contents
Section 1: Previous Survey Work
Section 2: Censusing Chimpanzess
Section 3: National Survey Results
Section 4: Threats to Chimpanzees
Section 5: Conservation Action
Section 6: References
Appendix: Chimpanzee Abundance Within Forests and Threats Analysis

No. 3: Plumptre, A.J., Behangana, M., Ndomba, E., Davenport, T., Kahindo, C., Kityo, R. Ssegawa, P., Eilu, G., Nkuutu, D. and Owiunji, I. (2003) The Biodiversity of the Albertine Rift. Albertine Rift Technical Reports No. 3, 107 pp. Click here to download (5.3MB). Or download by section:
Cover, Contents, Acknowledgements and Summary
Section 1: The Albertine Rift
Section 2: Mammals
Section 3: Birds
Section 4: Reptiles
Section 5: Amphibians
Section 6: Butterflies
Section 7: Plants
Section 8: The Lakes
Section 9: Threats to Sites
Section 10: Prioritising for Conservation
Section 11: References

4. Plumptre, A.J., Kayitare, A., Rainer, H., Gray, M., Munanura, I., Barakabuye, N., Asuma, S., Sivha, M., and Namara, A. (2004) The Socio-economic Status of People Living Near Protected Areas in the Central Albertine Rift. Albertine Rift Technical Reports, 4. 130 pp. Click here to download (6.5 MB).