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The Geographical Review January 1997, Vol. 87 (1), pp. 27-46 Farming the Forest Edge: Vulnerable Places and People Around Kibale National Park, Uganda Lisa Naughton-Treves ABSTRACT: Subsistence farmers near Kibale National Park, Uganda, fear and resent many wildlife species. In this article I compare records of crop damage by wildlife and livestock with local complaints about the worst animals and the most vulnerable crops. I discuss the concordance and discrepancies in complaints versus actual damage in light of physical parameters of risk and of social factors that shape perceptions and vulnerabilities. Crop losses were greatest at the edge of the forest, where immigrants are disproportionately represented. State proprietorship of wildlife amplifies local vulnerability and constrains traditional coping strategies, such as hunting. Keywords: East Africa, risk perception, Uganda, wildlife conservation Dr. NAUGHTON-TREVES is an assistant professor of geography at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706. To contact the author: Professor Lisa Naughton-Treves Department of Geography Rm 208 Science Hall 550 N. Park Street University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI 53706 Phone: (608) 262-4846 Email:naughton@geography.wisc.edu