Category: News
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UWA Intensifies Crackdown on Illegal Ivory Trade
The Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) in collaboration with sister security agencies have intensified the crack down on the illegal trade in ivory in the countryside and the major entry and exit points. The intensified joint efforts last week led to seizure of almost three tones of ivory estimated at millions of dollars, which was bound…
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Uganda donates Zebras and Bushbucks to Thailand
Uganda is in advanced stages of shipping two zebras and two bushbucks to Thailand following an offer by President Yoweri Museveni to the Government of Thailand. “It is a Presidential gift to Thailand and there is nothing wrong with it as long as the animals undergo quarantine,” said Tourism minister Maria Mutagamba. She added that…
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UWA Director Wins Global Conservation Award
The Uganda Wildlife Authority’s Chief Conservation Area manager (CCAM) Mr. Charles Tumwesigye is the proud winner of the 2013 National Geographic Society/Buffet Award for Leadership in African Conservation. Mr. Tumwesigye becomes the second UWA officer to win the prestigious award after his predecessor Mr. John Makombo who is currently the Director Conservation (DC)in 2010. Mr.…
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76 Poachers Sentenced to Four Months in Jail
A magistrate’s court in Kiboga on Wednesday sentenced a total of 76 poachers to a fine of 100,000 shillings each or serving a four month jail term after they pleaded guilty to the charges of illegal hunting and being in possession of wildlife species. Grade one magistrate Masitula Mulondo convicted the 76 men led by…
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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…