Category: News
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Mountain Gorillas Face More Threats During Lockdown
Mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei) are an endangered primate species that a visitor can’t tour without. There has been an increase in the number of mountain gorillas which live in the Virunga Mountain Ranges of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Rwanda, and Uganda. Today the population of these great apes stands at over 1087 individuals.…
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Promoting Uganda
In recent months, USAID-STAR has worked closely with Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) to produce an array of materials for the promotion of Queen Elizabeth National Park (QENP) as a key destination within Uganda. Promoting Uganda through the Destination Uganda Marketing Scheme In recent months, USAID-STAR has worked closely with Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) to produce…
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LETABA: The Lion we needed but killed
The day was Saturday, April the 18th-2015 when Letaba the lion first landed in Uganda. The Uganda Wildlife Education Center (UWEC) would tell of the joy that defined the moment. A then 6-year old Letaba, a donation to Uganda by the Lion Park- South Africa had arrived to help save the Lion numbers from dwindling.…
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Uganda’s Rhino Uhuru, Gives Birth!
Just before a month ends when exciting news filled the top stories in world newspapers about the increase in the number of mountain gorillas in the wild, remarkable news was once again received by the Rhino Fund Uganda when they welcomed a newly born male rhino on 19th June. This is something worth celebrating once…
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Elephants Migrate from South Sudan’s Nimule into Uganda
Staff of Uganda Wildlife Authority in Murchison Falls Conservation Area (MFCA) are battling a herd of elephants that crossed from Nimule National Park in South Sudan last Friday into Uganda in the villages of Pagirinya and Mukoyoro in Adjumani District. The villages which lie in the wildlife corridor are remote and sparsely populated. According to…
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Elephant Poaching in Uganda
Hon. Minister Maria Mutagamba, Uganda’s new minister of tourism, wildlife and antiquities has refuted recent media reports about an escalation in poaching in most of Uganda’s protected areas which created the impression that Uganda’s wildlife is on the verge of extinction. While speaking to the media in Kampala on Sept. 11 2012, Mutagamba noted that…
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UWA Launches Self Catering Houses for Tourists
UWA launch self catering houses for tourists in Queen Elizabeth National Game Reserve News came out recently that Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) –the body mandated to manage national parks & game reserves in the Uganda, had completed and commissioned three blocks with self catering facilities in Queen Elizabeth National Park to provide additional accommodation for…
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UWA Launches a State of the Art Wildlife Portal
Uganda Wildlife Authority and their partners, USAID-STAR Project on Wednesday launched the latest state of the art wildlife portal featuring all the 10 national parks, game reserves and activities UWA is undertaking to preserve Uganda’s precious wildlife and protected areas. Uganda’s Prime Minister Mr. Amama Mbabazi who presided over the launch at the prestigious Kampala…
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Content collection for New Uganda National Parks Website starts
USAID-STAR and UWA team have kicked-off preparations for the development of a high quality website for the Uganda Wildlife Authority. USAID-STAR and UWA Team Starts Content Collection for the New Uganda National Parks Website. USAID-STAR and UWA team have kicked- off preparations for the development of a high quality website for the Uganda Wildlife Authority. …
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USAID-STAR Continues Support of Friend-A-Gorilla Campaign
USAID-STAR has continued supporting the Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) in their Friend-a-Gorilla awareness campaign. After supporting UWA to successfully launch the campaign in September 2009, USAID-STAR introduced UWA to US- based partners, including Mojo House, a leading promotional and marketing firm in Los Angeles, California.Through this effort, Mojo offered to take the Friend-a- Gorilla Campaign…