This paper is based on research at Mgahinga Gorilla National Park, in south-west Uganda, in March and April 1998 by Bill Adams Mark Infield. The paper discusses the fieldwork carried out, the impacts of evolving conservation policy on local people and the nature and impacts of community conservation initiatives. Mgahinga Gorilla National Park was created in 1991.
Agriculture is intensive and permanent, and land is in short supply and very expensive to buy.