The Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) has deployed canine units at the Busia and Malaba border posts to strengthen efforts to detect and stop the illegal trafficking of wildlife and wildlife products. The ...
MBALE — Uganda will on September 27 hold its national World Tourism Day celebrations in Mbale City, with the government seeking to harness digital technology and artificial intelligence (AI) to promote ...
BULIISA — The Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) and Parliament have stepped up efforts to address persistent human-wildlife conflicts in communities surrounding the Murchison Falls Conservation Area, with a parliamentary committee visiting ...
KISORO — The transfer of Echuya Central Forest Reserve to the Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) has renewed calls for the government to turn the Kigezi forest into a major conservation and ...
Kampala, Uganda — Police in Nakaseke District have arrested 22 people and recovered suspected wildlife products and hunting equipment during an intelligence-led night patrol in Wakyato Sub-county. The suspects were ...
KAMPALA, Uganda — Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) has begun relocating 200 Uganda kob from Murchison Falls National Park to Pian Upe Wildlife Reserve in an effort to strengthen wildlife populations ...
ENTEBBE — The Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) has completed a comprehensive health assessment of 18 big cats at the Uganda Wildlife Education Centre (UWEC) in Entebbe as part of efforts to ...
KAMPALA — The Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic, Mr Tomio Okamura, has named a newborn mountain gorilla “Tomáš” during his visit to Uganda, describing the ...
Uganda’s tourism and conservation sector has received a boost after Deputy Speaker of Parliament Rt. Hon. Thomas Tayebwa joined Speaker of the Senate of the Czech Republic Rt. Hon. Tomio ...
KARENGA — Leaders and communities in Karenga District have endorsed the construction of an electric fence along wildlife conflict hotspots bordering Kidepo Valley Conservation Area, in a move aimed at protecting ...
KITGUM — The Government of Uganda, through the Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA), has launched a five-year, $4 million conservation project aimed at strengthening biodiversity protection and improving livelihoods in communities surrounding ...
For many Ugandans, national parks remain destinations associated with foreign tourists and expensive safari holidays. Yet a recent journey through western Uganda proved otherwise, revealing that some of the country's ...
KAMPALA — The Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) has commenced the construction of electric fences around selected national parks in a major government intervention aimed at reducing escalating human-wildlife conflict and ...
ENTEBBE — The Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) has strengthened its ex-situ wildlife conservation programme with the addition of two African wild dogs to the Uganda Wildlife Conservation Education Centre (UWEC) in ...
The Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) has assumed temporary management of Bugoma, Echuya and Bukaleba Central Forest Reserves following a decision by the Minister of Tourism, Wildlife and Antiquities, Hon. Tom ...
