Using participatory mapping transects and a "walk-in-the-woods" interview approach, this project explores which non-timber forest product (NTFP) species refugees and hosts use for food, medicine, and fiber, examining how refugees translate Traditional Ecological Knowledge into new contexts and demographic impacts on NTFP knowledge and access. 

This study uses spatially explicit transects and structural equation modeling to analyze refugee and host fuelwood access and foraging constraints through an Optimal Foraging Theory lens, focusing on the roles of land tenure, conflict history, and social integration.

Established 3-acres of a Randomized Complete Block Design trial (four replications) in Uganda's Imvepi Refugee Settlement to examine the socioeconomic and environmental impact of biochar application and agroforestry integration (species: Albizia gummifera, Cajanus cajun, Calliandra calothyrsus) with refugee and host staple crop production (cassava + maize).

This study examines diverse NGO reforestation and forest conservation approaches in refugee-hosting northern Uganda, including FMNR, woodlot establishment, agroforestry. Key implementation strengths and challenges at the household and community scales are identified and recommendations outlined for integrated landscape approach (ILA) adoption in refugee contexts. 

Co-developed and piloted a forest biodiversity curriculum with local ethnobotanical experts and school teachers in Imvepi's Torit primary school to support intergenerational traditional ecological knowledge transfer and forest conservation sensitization among refugee and host pupils.

We apply a visual, participatory assessment approach to understand holistic natural, physical, social, human, and financial household-level agroforestry benefits among refugee and host practitioners.