Unsung heroes
Normally, acknowledgements and tribute for conservation efforts and achievements are given to funders, researchers and managers who do the technical work. At times politicians get credit too. That is...
View ArticleIf you suffered from crop-raiding animals you’d help implement the solutions...
Hello – It’s Emmanuel again. I have recently taken on a new responsibility at ITFC Where I coordinate the “Wild West” project. WILD West stands for Wild Life Landscapes and Development for Conservation...
View ArticleDid you ever think land abandonment and emigration happened around Bwindi...
On a bright Friday morning of 14th August 2009 , the long awaited journey to the ‘Switzerland’ of south west Uganda had finally come. I and Ronald, a fellow Master’s student, visited Ruhija for the...
View ArticleBwindi’s Batwa Pygmies: new insights from a participatory 3-D map
If you have been to Bwindi lately chances are high that you may have missed out on one major aspect of the forest, meeting the indigenous forest people – the Batwa. The Batwa are believed to be the...
View ArticleWho am I conserving for?
This is Emmanuel — I haven’t been able to do much blogging recently due to field work away from the station. But I wanted to share some thoughts and see what you think. I have recently been watching...
View Article1 Dead Lioness, 3 angry factions, 1 mzungu
Today we have the honour to run a guest blog by Mark Laxer who visited ITFC recently. Mark is President and co-founder of Chimp-n-Sea Wildlife Conservation Fund, Mark Laxer invented virtual...
View ArticleLocal communities – Friends or foe to conservation?
“We have lived with the wildlife since time immemorial. You were not here and yet we spared the forest. How come you are now the ones giving us instructions on how to conserve it?” This is one of the...
View ArticleMy wonderful experience with Batwa and their cultural sites in Bwindi
I have spent the last six months reading about the Batwa, camping near their homes, interviewing them, sharing meals and cracking jokes. Yes, you are reading right. Cracking jokes with Batwa. I have...
View ArticleA research to policy approach for reducing illegal activities in Bwindi
Remember the questions raised in Badru’s blog on poachers and hunting dogs? These questions are now being addressed by the new ITFC’s project- Conservation Through Poverty Alleviation (CTPA). CTPA...
View ArticleResponding to Human Wildlife Conflict: The Planning progression of Nkuringo...
The raison d’être why Gorillas are spilling over to community land are not yet known despite the rich diversity of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Bwindi). In rejoinder to human wildlife conflict...
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