UWA Reserve to preserve wildlife.- Prime Uganda Safaris & Tours Safari updates

uwaUganda safaris have been promoted and marketed by Uganda Wildlife Authority. The Authority is one of the governing bodies that regulates wildlife conservation in Uganda. UWA is in charge of management of 10 National parks, 12 wildlife reserves, and 14 wildlife sanctuaries and provides guidance for wildlife areas. The body is governed by a board of trustees appointed by minister responsible for wildlife.
The Authority has successfully marketed Uganda as a tourist destination and many people have come to know about Uganda and its attractions which include; the many national parks with diverse wildlife , water bodies, Uganda’s diverse culture and many more tourist attractions. A Uganda safari will automatically expose you to all of the above attractions.
Uganda Wildlife Authority has many roles that it plays in order to promote tourism as a sector in Uganda and these include; Management and conservation of wildlife in Uganda, both in and outside the wildlife protected areas, that’s to say National parks, wildlife reserves and wildlife sanctuaries.
Safaris to Uganda have improved due to more roles played by UWA, and these also include; ensuring the protection of rare, endangered and endemic species of wild plants and animals, through provision of appropriate wildlife policies, management plants and -promotion of wildlife management best practices and enhancing economic benefits from wildlife management through promotion of tourism.
In order to improve  the Uganda safaris industry, UWA has resorted to promoting public participation in wildlife management using mechanism such as wildlife use rights, as a means of eradicating poverty, through community conservation programs, and promoting wildlife as a form of land use. All this has proved to have helped in increasing on the awareness of Uganda as a tourist destination.
Prime Uganda Safaris & Tours updates 2013

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

WHERE CAN YOU FIND & SEE GORILLAS IN UGANDA AFRICA?

Image
Uganda has only two national parks where one can see gorillas i.e Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and Mgahinga Gorilla National Park and this is where g orilla trekking in Uganda is done to search and find  the rear endangered Mountain Gorillas . With about 1063 mountain gorillas that still exist on earth today, Uganda is home to more than half of all these endangered Great Apes making it one of the only 3 countries in the world where mountain gorillas live and Uganda gorilla tours are only done in there two national parks. Uganda has 20 gorilla families that have been habituated and already set for tourism purposes , 19 of which are tracked/found in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and only 1 is found in Mgahinga Gorilla National Park. Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is one  of the places where you can see Gorillas in Uganda Africa. The appropriately named Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (also called “The Place of Darkness”) is the world’s premier gorilla t
Read more

Mountain Gorilla Behavior,Diet,Threats and Predators

http://www.primeugandasafaris.com/gorilla-safaris/5-days-uganda-gorilla-safari.html Behavior  Although strong and powerful, gorillas are generally gentle,shy ,retiring rather than ferocious and treacherous . They live in groups of 2-40 individuals, averaging about 11. Groups are led by a dominant male, the Silverback, named for the silvery gray hairs that grow when the male matures. The Silverback serves as the chief leader and protector of the group, to whom all group members defer. He decides when and where to go, rest and sleep, arbitrates disputes among his family members and protects them from rival Silverbacks or human predators. Gorillas usually seeks no trouble but will valiantly defend its family group if threatened. An adult male called a silverback named for the silvery gray hairs on its back normally leads each group, serving as its chief protector and defender. Gorillas
Read more

SHELLEY’S CRIMSONWING; THE BIRDS OF UGANDA – UGANDA SAFARI NEWS

Image
With over 1057 species of birds, the birding safaris and tours in Uganda go beyond the ordinary. Among these species of birds, there is the eye catching Shelley’s Crimsonwing scientifically referred as Cryptospiza Shelleyi. The Shelley’s Crimsonwing is categorized among the estrildid finch species thrives in closed canopy moist forests, close to water valley bottoms, low secondary growth at the edges of forests, glades and forest clearings marked by extensive herbs, moorland and Bamboo thickets. The birders on Uganda safaris can explore the Shelley Crimsonwing in the Mountains of the Albertine rift valley including Rwenzori Mountains. This Species stretch to other famous parts in the region including the Virunga Mountains, the Kahuzi Biega Mountain, Itombwe Mountain as explored on Congo Safaris and tours and Nyungwe Forest National Park and Gishwati Mukura National Park as explored on Safaris in Rwanda . Bwindi Impenetrable National Park to the south west of Uganda is
Read more