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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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Poisonous Snakes and Chameleons Impounded at Entebbe Airport
Following increased vigilance by Uganda Wildlife Authority to fight illegal trade in wildlife products, another consignment of 42 poisonous snakes and 147 chameleons was this week impounded at Entebbe International Airport in what is yet more evidence of the need to strengthen the UWA presence at Entebbe Airport and other border outlets. By the time…
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56 UWA Senior Officers Complete Leadership Skills Development Course
Fifty six senior officers of the Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) on Saturday passed out after completing a three week course in leadership development and basic military training at the National Leadership Institute, Kyankwanzi. The pass out ceremony was presided over by the minister of Tourism, Wildlife and Antiquities Mrs. Maria Mutagamba who was flanked by…
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TOTAL E&P Trains UWA Staff in Oil and Gas Issues
Eighteen staff of Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) drawn from Murchison Falls, Queen Elizabeth, and Kibale Conservation Areas and UWA headquarters have completed a training course in Environment and Sustainable Development for Oil and Gas industry. The training which lasted between 8-12th October 2012 was organized by UWA but sponsored and conducted by TOTAL Gas Exploration…
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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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Poaching in Protected Areas Not Out of Control
Recently there has been a spate of press reports in print and electronic media, on increasing illegal activities in the protected Areas with particular emphasis on rampant poaching which has affected the population of the wildlife in national parks and wildlife reserves. Of particular concern was a special report reinforced with an editorial opinion in…
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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 Rescues 43 Baby Pythons
A total of 43 baby pythons aged just about three weeks were rescued from a village Mbizzi NNya in Mpigi District about 50kms from Kampala. The UWA problem animal team was tipped off by a report on a local television, which alleged that the pythons were construed to be evil spirits by the community members.…
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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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Another White Rhino Born in Uganda
The tourism industry in Uganda has good news, another baby Rhino has been born at the Ziwa Rhino sanctuary, off the Kampala-Gulu highway, Nakasongola district in the Kafu river basin. This new born has brought the total number of the formerly extinct white rhino given birth to in Uganda to five in less than years.…
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