By Ronald Musoke The first findings of a project that aims to help low-income communities benefit more from living near Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, where conservation priorities can impose limits on their livelihoods has dispelled perceptions that poor people who live closer to the park pose a danger to wildlife …
Read More »2011: Worst year for Uganda’s wildlife
By Mubatsi Asinja Habati Why did Uganda lose 25 elephants last year? Questions are being asked about how Uganda, which has the tiniest number of elephants in the region, lost 25 of them in one year, 2011. Whistle blower reports to the auditor general from the media, Civil Society Organisations …
Read More »More controversies rock Wildlife Authority
By Agather Atuhaire Ministry of Tourism officials were paid for trips they never made Tourism minister Ephraim Kamuntu has been in the news lately for stopping a commission of inquiry into alleged corruption in one of his departments; the Protected Areas Management for Sustainable Use (PAMSU). Now fresh information appears …
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