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(December 06, 2024)   -   Wildlife Conservation Society inspires university students to embrace GEO AI and other technologies in wildlife management and conservation, as part of their career path.

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(November 29, 2024)   -   These scaly anteaters are critically endangered and at a risk of being wiped out, if nothing is done in the next couple of years.

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(November 15, 2024)   -   Conservation moot court inspires student lawyers to become wildlife advocates and animal rights activists.

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(October 15, 2024)   -   Collaboration is central to achieving CWC outcomes, but experience shows that this is easier said than done. In practice, subtle competition and silo-centric tendencies of like-minded players create invisible barriers to effective ...

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(August 04, 2024)   -   Local Government Involvement in donor-supported programs is key to project sustainability.

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(May 08, 2024) On May 7, 2024, USAID/CWC Activity officially handed over the upgraded Online Wildlife Offenders Database (OWODAT) to Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) in a meeting officiated by the UWA Executive Director, Mr. Sam Mwandha, and attended by members of UWA’s senior management team. In handing over the system, Mr. Geofrey Mwedde, the USAID/Uganda CWC Activity Chief of Party appealed to UWA to train more data entrants and widen data entry at UWA field sites. He requested UWA management to int...

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(April 22, 2024)   -   Colonised beehive fences are effective in preventing elephants from crossing to community spaces, crop raids and other destruction which results in retaliatory elephant killing!

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(September 21, 2023)   -   With the support of USAID/Uganda Combating Wildlife Crime (CWC) Activity implemented by Wildlife Conservation Society and the Royal United Service Institute (RUSI) in collaboration with the Uganda Bankers Association (UBA).

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(August 16, 2023)   -   Wildlife Conservation Society staff provided technical training and support to selected staff and field rangers of Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA). The beneficiaries were drawn from; intelligence, law enforcement and community conservation departments

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(July 18, 2023)   -   On 18th July 2023, Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) supported the National Forestry Authority (NFA) in training senior management team in use of Spatial Monitoring and Reporting Tool (SMART). 

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