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UN is set celebrate the World’s Wildlife day in Arua on 3rd March

UN is set celebrate the World’s Wildlife day in Arua on 3rd March

According to UN, World Wildlife Day is an opportunity to celebrate the many beautiful and varied forms of wild fauna and flora and to raise awareness of the multitude of benefits that conservation provides to people. Uganda’s flora and fauna have attracted several tourists for safaris in Uganda including; Uganda gorilla safaris, Uganda birding safaris, Uganda chimpanzee trekking safaris, Uganda adventure safaris, nature walk and many more.

These preparations for the World Wildlife Day celebrations are therefore in high gear as Uganda waits to join the rest of the world to commemorate the United Nations World Wildlife Day on the 3rd March 2019. Prof Ephraim Kamuntu, the Minister of Tourism said that “The national World Wildlife Day 2019 celebrations will be held at Boma ground in the West Nile District of Arua under the theme Harmonious living between Wildlife and People.” He also added that President Museveni is expected to grace the event as the chief guest.

The theme of the day as stated above was set to remind people of the need to ensure they have peaceful coexistence between wildlife and people. The Minister of Tourism said that the government of Uganda through the Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA), working with all stakeholders have undertaken several initiatives towards realizing harmonious living between wildlife and people among. The initiatives include involvement of local people in wildlife management decision making and sharing of Protected Area revenues (20%) with adjacent communities. They have also established wild animal barriers like trenches (237km), buffalo wall (16km), Mauritius live fences (192.5km), and crocodile cages (12) and electric fencing (10km construction) were ongoing at Rubirizi, said Kamuntu.

Other initiatives include; use of beehives (8,557 hives), chilli cakes, buffer crops like tea to prevent human wildlife conflicts, regulation of protected area resource access, empowerment of communities to engage in alternative livelihoods like community tourism and continuous engagement through education and awareness.

The Government of Uganda also proposed the establishment of Community Wildlife Committees for each conservation area and a wildlife damage compensation scheme.

Ahead of the main celebrations, the Government of Uganda through the Ministry of Tourism, Wildlife and Antiquities in collaboration with its line sector agencies, the Academia, local communities and all Private Sector Associations in Tourism and Conservation were organizing a series of events and media engagements to commemorate the day and the program is as follows;

ACTIVITY

Wildlife Conservation Quiz (Tertiary) in partnership with Wildlife Clubs of Uganda

DATE

22nd Feb 2019

VENUE

Makerere University

Kampala City Clean Up in partnership with Bwindi Mgahinga Conservation Trust22nd Feb 2019Nakawa Market
Annual Wildlife Marathon (5km, 10km, 21km)24th Feb 2019Start and Finish at National Museum
Conservation Conference in partnership with Nature Uganda26th -27th Feb 2019tbd
Wildlife Conservation Quiz (Primary Schools) in partnership with Wildlife Clubs of Uganda1st March 2019Arua
Arua Town Clean UptbdArua Town
Ayavu Primary School renovationstbdArua Town
Arua Tree planting exercisetbdArua
Wildlife Conservation Quiz (Secondary Schools) in partnership with Wildlife Clubs of Uganda2nd March 2019Arua
National World Wildlife Day Celebrations Route March flag off3rd March 2019Arua
National World Wildlife Day Cerebrations
Main event

  • Exhibitions by conservation stakeholders including mini-zoo by UWEC
  • Medical camp

Chief Guest: HE the President of the Republic of Uganda

3rd March 2019Boma Grounds, Arua

Uganda wildlife is a heritage of the country. Every time you poach, you create an imbalance in the concentration of wildlife, animals and plants that live in the wild have an intrinsic value and contributes to the ecological, genetic, social, economic, scientific, educational, cultural, recreational and aesthetic aspects of human well-being and sustainable development. Therefore, this day reminds us of the urgent need to step up the fight against wildlife crime and human induced reduction of species, which have wide-ranging economic, environmental and social impacts.

 

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