Uganda’s wildlife numbers have continued to rise over the years despite challenges such as poaching, invasive species, pests, diseases, and human-wildlife conflicts. Data from the Uganda Wildlife ...

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The Uganda Ministry of Tourism, Wildlife and Antiquities has today, July 29, 2021, launched the first electronic permitting system to regulate trade in wildlife as well as wildlife products in the ...

Uganda’s wildlife authorities say the halt to tourism income caused by COVID-19 has pushed many people who depended on tourists into poaching the very animals the industry depends on. Uganda's ...

DR. JAMES MUSINGUZI TAKES OFFICE AS NEW UWA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR in Uganda Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) has today held a formal handover of the instruments of office from outgoing Executive Director, ...

One of the most biodiverse countries on the planet according to the UN, Uganda has seen the population of several species more than double between 1983 and 2021 "due to enhanced integrity of the ...

Countless natural disasters made worse from climate change and the degradation of our natural world feel like a steady drumbeat in the news. It’s hard not to feel discouraged, especially when we hear ...

Uganda’s great apes owe a debt of gratitude to a pet vervet called Poncho. The monkey belonged to the Cuban ambassador to Uganda in the 1970s; he would sit on the gate of the neighbouring house in ...

The official launch of the Roosevelt Rhino Campaign in the United States on December 18th, 2025, marked a key outcome of the ...