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Socio-economic assessment of traditional uses and population trends of indigenous plants in Eastern Uganda (January – February 2012)

03 Dec 2013

Description:This study was our first step for nature conservation in the park-lands and pasture lands of Eastern Uganda and surrounding. This project documented the types and status of indigenous plants...

Land use change in Uganda’s drylands, impacts, and opportunities for enhancing livelihood sustainability(March – May 2012 )

03 Dec 2013

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Description:This project reviewed information from studies conducted in Uganda’s drylands, a strip of relatively dry country running from southwestern to the northeastern Uganda. This study synthetized challenges and opportunities for...

Status assessment and habituation of the mangabey Lophocebus ugandae in forests of central Uganda(May-August 2013)Funders: Primate Conservation Inc.

03 Dec 2013

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Description:This study assessed the status of the grey cheeked mangabey (Lophocebus ugandae), the only Ugandan primate whose distribution status approaches to endemic / near endemic, and initiated habituation of two...

Assessment of the status of the Mangabey Lophocebus ugandae in Ugandan forests and Habituation of a group in Mabira Forest for Tourism(September – November 2013)Funders: Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund

03 Dec 2013

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Description:This study continued the May-August 2013 study of the species and extended habituation of the two groups in Mabira Central Forest Reserve for months. Status assessment were expanded to the...

Mapping Threats to Grey Crowned Cranes in Eastern Uganda (April – September 2014)Funders: North Carolina Zoo through the International Crane Foundation / Endangered Wildlife Partnership.

10 Nov 2013

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Description: This study built upon an earlier one1 that surveyed breeding and distribution of the Grey Crowned Crane (Balearica regulorum gibbericeps) throughout Uganda. Like most of the other crane, grey...

Experimenting on production of high value market products from indigenous wild fruits(December 2013-August 2015)Funders: Satoyama Development Mechanism, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, Japan Collaborators: Natural Chemotherapeutics Research Institute, Ministry of Health, Kampala

03 Oct 2013

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Description:This study is the first stage of a projected multi-stage effort to support conservation wild plants outside protected areas in Uganda’s drylands. Edible native wild fruit belonging to 11 taxa...

Strengthening the conservation of Mabira Central Forest Reserve (April 2015 – March 2018)Funders: The MacArthur Foundation Collaborators: The National Forestry Authority

03 Sep 2013

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Description:This project is building on the work earlier conducted by Nature and Livelihoods in this forest. It is aimed at documenting and showcasing tourism attractions, support local communities’ forest-friendly enterprises,...

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