Supporting community-based conservation initiatives, and leveraging local and international partnerships for increased investment in conservation is key according to the Tourism ministry.
Dozens of cranes have in recent years been found dead after they were poisoned by rice and maize farmers in Lwengo district, in south-central Uganda. "One of the biggest threats against cranes is ...
according to Nature Uganda. This decline saw the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) put the crested crane on its red list of endangered bird species in 2012. "Despite its ...