270 Appendices
Project data
Two categories of data are collected by the BFP: Project data and students’ data. The former are for
general use by Project staff and students alike; the latter are for the use of individual students in
connection with their personal research projects (but after five years can be used by anyone). The data
end up in a variety of forms: as computer files, handouts, reports, theses, and publications in the scientific
and popular press.
The lists of reports, dissertations and publications emanating from BFP give some idea of the wealth
of data collected since 1992.^105 Data exist on the forest vegetation, tree growth, phenology, dragonflies,
canopy arthropods, rodents, primate and bird censusing, diets of primates and bird species, bird identi-
fication and ringing, behaviour of primates and birds, seed dispersal, physical aspects of the forest such
as soil analysis and rainfall; there are maps of our trail system and other aspects of the forest and its
recent history, data on the human population around Budongo, including its use of timber and non-
timber forest products, and crop-raiding. Indeed, it is these data that have provided the material for this
book, and I am deeply indebted to all those whose work has made this possible.^106
The BFP has established a herbarium of Budongo tree and shrub specimens, a museum with skeletal
material and much more, a laboratory for bench work, and a library that contains most of the Project’s
reports and publications, as well as many dissertations; all these are located at the Sonso site. It is a
tribute to our staff, students and volunteers that these have been possible and I am very grateful for what
they have done.
Students, senior scientists and volunteers
The BFP has become a much visited site over the years, mainly by students doing research projects for
Masters and PhD theses, but also by senior scientists and volunteers who have in many cases greatly
assisted the Project. I have listed them in Table F.1.^107
Awards
In the year 2000 we received two awards, the President’s Award from the American Society of
Primatologists, and the Chairman’s Award from the Committee for Research and Exploration of
the National Geographic Society, in recognition of the Project’s contributions to primatology and
conservation over the preceding decade.
(^105) These lists can be found on the Project’s website, http://www. budongo org.
(^106) A 45-page summary of all the work done for BFP from 1990 to 2000 has been compiled by Zoe Wales,
entitled 107 What We Know About Budongo Forest(BFP Report No. 81).
I greatly apologise in advance if anyone has been omitted; please inform me if this is the case.