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Sunday, May 25, 2014 

Uganda chimps to get more habitats

KAMPALA, Uganda - Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA), together with other conservation organisations, will set up more  chimpanzee (picture) habitats in corridors of western Uganda. 

This new effort will lessen conflicts with local communities, while also promoting community tourism.  

The Chief Executive Office of the Chimpanzee’s Trust, Lilly Ajarova fully supported the initiative. 

“Every year at the Ngamba Island on Lake Victoria we receive about 4000 international tourist who visit the island to see chimpanzee’s in the Ngamba sanctuary we hope if the same initiative is extended in other non-protective areas in western Uganda such regions will earn from the sanctuaries,” she said

 The Chimpanzees Sanctuary and Wildlife Conservation Trust signed a Memorandum of Understanding with UWA in Entebbe last week to get things off the ground. 

“The Trust has helped UWA to conserve the rescued chimpanzee’s and as per now, the island has about 40 chimpanzees. We shall work together to see that all chimpanzees in the non protective habitats are conserved through this initiative. UWA as the government agency responsible for the conservation of wild life will put on strong   measures to see that the country’s resources are not smuggled and poached by selfish people in the country “UWA boss, Dr. Andrew Sseguya said.

The new chimpanzees corridors will be established in the districts of Kibaale in Budongo forest among other places,  where the chimpanzees are living but not necessarily in protected ares 

 The purpose of the MOU is to formalise their relationship to rescuer and care for the orphaned chimpanzees.

By Samuel Nabwiiso, Sunday, May 25th, 2014