Rhinos in East Africa: Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) plans to expand the Ajai Wildlife Reserve in the north of the country on the west bank of the White Nile. Only recently, the UWA announced [...]
Controversial project: Uganda approves construction of an oil pipeline through national parks and reserves from Lake Albert to Tanzania to the Indian Ocean. Uganda has commissioned the country's first oil drilling rig in the [...]
COVID-19 consequences for Uganda: Tourism income dropped by over 70% in 2020. The number of foreign tourists fell from over 1.5 million in 2019 to just under 475,000 tourists in 2020. The tourism sector in [...]
Coronavirus also threatens Uganda's wildlife: the great apes in Uganda's national parks are particularly at risk. COVID-19 can also have fatal consequences for wildlife. Great apes in particular, i.e. gorillas, chimpanzees, bonobos and orangutans, could [...]
