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Nkuringo Buffer Zone

Responding to Human Wildlife Conflict: Nkuringo Buffer Zone Management Plan is on Board Again!

Responding to Human Wildlife Conflict: Nkuringo Buffer Zone Management Plan is on Board Again!

Nkuringo Buffer Zone

The reasons as to 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 between the communities of Nkuringo and the Mountain Gorillas and other fauna in Bwindi, Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) together with its partners including

Two Mountain Gorilla Babies Born in Oruzogo Group, Bwindi

Two Mountain Gorilla Babies Born in Oruzogo Group, Bwindi

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The soon to be launched mountain gorilla group called Oruzogo in the southern sector of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park has some great news for us travellers – Two babies were born! The dominant silverback of Oruzogo group – Tibirikwata – has held his family in an amazing shape during the habituation process with trained UWA

MUK Honors Ruth Keesling

Makerere University Honors American for Mountain Gorilla Conservation

Makerere University Honors American for Mountain Gorilla Conservation

MUK Honors Ruth Keesling

Makerere University Kampala (MUK) has awarded an honorary doctorate degree to an American Philanthropist, Ruth Morris Keesling for her contributions towards the conservation of the mountain gorillas in Uganda, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Keesling was nominated for the award by the Makerere University Department of Veterinary Medicine in acknowledgment of her contribution

Weyns’s Duiker Bwindi

Mystery Duiker Caught on Bwindi’s Candid Cameras

Mystery Duiker Caught on Bwindi’s Candid Cameras

Weyns’s Duiker Bwindi ,

This is our most exciting year for  camera trapping in terms of the  number of surprising records as part of our  TEAM Network terrestrial vertebrate monitoring. We have captured three species that we have not recorded before. From a single location (approximately 1km from the park boundary), I bring you images of one of this

Bwindi Camera Trap

My First Camera Trap Experience in Bwindi

My First Camera Trap Experience in Bwindi

Bwindi Camera Trap

Ever wondered how possible it is to take pictures of animals in their most concealed habitat, well thanks to the latest camera trap technology mission impossible is declared possible. I took a trip down the Bwindi impenetrable forest with Badru, ITFC’s TEAM Network site manager together with four other field assistants to practically go witness

Bwindi Ape

94 Year Old Lady Tracks Mountain Gorillas

94 Year Old Lady Tracks Mountain Gorillas

Bwindi Ape

Laura Sonnino,a 94 year old tourist from Italy on March 14, 2013 became the oldest person to have tracked mountain gorillas in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in South western Uganda . Born on 20/5/1919, Laura Sonnino successfully tracked the Nkuringo Gorilla Family on her gorilla safari where she viewed the playful apes. Laura says she

Wild Bananas of Bwindi

Bwindi’s Wild Bananas

Bwindi’s Wild Bananas

Wild Bananas of Bwindi

It’s one of those times of year at ITFC when everyone is busy analyzing and writing up their completed research and we chose this opportunity to talk to Frederick Ssasli about his interesting study conducted on the little known wild banana species (Ensete venticosum) in Bwindi. The objective of his study  was to investigate the

Batwa Cultural Values

Update on Batwa Cultural Values Project

Update on Batwa Cultural Values Project

Batwa Cultural Values ,

This week I am going to update you on the Batwa Cultural Values Project following a recent pre-training workshop in Kisoro. The Batwa Cultural values project, which runs in Semuliki, Mgahinga and Bwindi National Parks, aims to integrate Batwa cultural values into conservation. It is run jointly by four organisations: FFI (Flora and Fauna International),

Ruhemuka a Silverback Gorilla Dies After Falling Off a Tree

Ruhemuka a Silverback Gorilla Dies After Falling Off a Tree

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RUHEMUKA, was a subordinate Silverback in the newly habituated Kahungye Mountain gorilla family. He died on Wednesday after falling off a tree, an accident that hapenned in Bwindi. The robust silverback estimated to be slightly above 30 years old is believed to have fallen off a tree landing his head on the ground from a