Water Fowl Counts (WFC)

The water bird monitoring specifically provides clear description of water bird patterns (resident and migratory) including their roosting, feeding and/or breeding sites.

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BIRD POPULATION MONITORING

Birds occur in nearly all habitats declines would indicate a fundamental flaw in the way we treat our environment and thus influence the way we behave.

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RAPTOR ROAD COUNTS

Uganda’s overall biodiversity has been monitored for a number of years but the special concerns about raptors, and the 40-year interval, makes the present study to be particularly interesting.

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Collaborative forest management (CFM was introduced in Uganda in 1997, largely as a pilot programme to promote community participation in forest
management .CFM activities in Kasyoha Kitomi Central Forest Reserve (CFR)
started in 2004

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The return of a shoebill at Mabamba wetlands bay

(By-Sandra Sayuni)

The 25th of May 2018 was a day full of excitement at the Mabamba wetlands Bay when a Shoebill was being returned after undergoing a three months treatment at Uganda Wildlife Education Centre(UWEC).The Shoebill is a globally threatened species, vulnerable according to the IUCN Red List. It is found in only 8 countries in Africa and Mabamba Wetland, an Important Bird and Biodiversity (IBA) also a Ramsar Site is one of the areas inhabited by the Shoebill in Uganda

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Wetland health demonstrations to cranes excite farmers in Kabale.

By Jimmy Muheebwa (Uganda Project Coordinator - ACCP)

For a wetland to be regarded as being healthy, it should be able to do its functions – of water purification, flood control, maintaining base flow of rivers, water storage, and sustaining various forms of biodiversity. Incidentally, for the las 20 -30 years, the wetlands in Kabale have been deprived of these cardinal functions having been heavily encroached on and drained to give way for crop production and dairy farming.NatureUganda has conducted awareness programmes to the communities with emphasis on wise use of the wetlands.

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Visiting the Cranes Project Areas

By Jimmy Muheebwa (Uganda Project Coordinator - ACCP)

Uganda still plays host to a significant number of approximately 10,000 cranes.NatureUganda Board of Governors/Executive Committee (EC), a policy making body of the institution visited the ACCP project sites where NatureUganda has taken great strides in conserving species, habitats and ecosystems.

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Natureuganda and Partners Draft Guidelines for Implementing Offsets for Development Projects in Uganda

By Benon Sengendo (Membership &Comm officer)

NatureUganda and Victoria Griffins from Oxford University conducted community feedback meetings from biodiversity assessments in Kalagala, it was shown that the offset only catered for biodiversity and not the needs of the community including cultural values.

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Environmental education through Cranes in the classroom Initiative

By Jimmy Muheebwa (Uganda Project Coordinator - ACCP)

Environmental education is not only good for children at school but can also benefit an entire community.Environmentally sustainable alternatives to resource degradation must be an important dimension of all areas levels of education. Establishing Environmental Education in Classrooms should embrace important aspects of environment like deforestation, energy, water and biodiversity conservation, food security and climate change

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Lake Nabugabo wetlands system Ramsar site Handbook

This book contains information on the Nabugabo Ramsar with facts for quick and easy referencing. It is linked to Lake Nabugabo wetlands system Ramsar site Management Plan (2017- 2027) and is meant to guide planning of interventions by government and lead agencies and other stakeholders as identified in the management plan

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Conserving the Shoebill

By Judith Mirembe (Programme Assistant)

Through EDGE of Existence programme,NatureUganda is supporting local communities in Mabamba and Makanaga to conserve the "shoebill",one of the world’s extraordinary species,listed Vulnerable.

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Mainstreaming Biodiversity

By Benon Sengendo (Membership &Comm officer)

degradation of environment hits the poor harder as they solely depend on natural resources for livelihood improvement.Local Governments in Kisoro and Rubanda Districts Commit To Protect the Environment.

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Three Decades of Monitoring IBAs 

By Lilian Twanza (Programme Assistant)

NatureUganda has an established programme for monitoring Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBAs) and has conducted this exercise for three decades.

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Nabugabo Ramsar Site Extended

NatureUganda participated in this project as a national implementing partner through review and development of the Nabugabo management plan. During the implementation of the project, the boundary of Nabugabo Ramsar site was extended from 22,000ha to 77,700ha.

 

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