
Reducing Human-Related Threats to Mountain Gorillas at Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Grantee Name: Conservation Through Public Health
- Hotspot
- Eastern Afromontane
- Location
- Uganda
- Amount
- $49,992
- Dates
- Jul 2018 – Sep 2019
- Keywords
- Awareness, Capacity building, Community-based conservation, Research, Species Conservation, Wildlife management
Reduce threats to mountain gorillas through negative human interactions associated with disease and human/wildlife conflict. Strengthen capacity of the National Park's staff to monitor gorilla health; train local Village Health and Conservation Team members in capturing sanitation and hygiene information; track diseases shared by gorillas with people, livestock and other wildlife; train Human and Gorilla Conflict Resolution (HUGO) teams in monitoring / reporting conflicts; and raise awareness about the One Health approach.
2 Improve the protection and management of the KBA network throughout the hotspot.
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