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(February 26, 2019)   -   WCS and its partners has announced 45 sites identified to meet Key Biodiversity Area (KBA) status, global priority areas for conservation of biodiversity in Uganda. This is the first time that there has been a national assessment of KBAs across several taxa  […]

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(October 23, 2018)   -   Oil and gas exploration and production activities in the Albertine region set to begin in 2020 are expected to have major direct, indirect and cumulative impacts on protected areas and surrounding communities [...]

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(September 14, 2018)   -   The current approach to the design and development of infrastructure in Uganda, prioritizes economic benefits at the cost of the environment and ecosystem services, and social well-being. The current approach is characterized by ecosystems and biodiversity destruction; human and community displacements; invasion of fragile [...] 

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(September 05, 2018)   -   The rapid decline of Lion numbers in both the Southern and Northern sector of Queen Elizabeth National Park (QENP) has prompted stakeholders to take firm action in order to reverse the declining trend.Previously estimated at 140-160 in 2013 by WCS [...]

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(July 23, 2018)   -   Over 50 stakeholders have been equipped with skills to design and implement the mitigation hierarchy as a planning and management tool for biodiversity conservation [...]

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(July 20, 2018)   -   The Greater Virunga Transboundary Collaboration (GVTC) with funding from the Kingdom of Netherlands commissioned an in-depth study, conducted by WCS, On long-term changes in animal behavior in the Greater Virunga Landscape (GVL) resulting from industrial development, climate changes and other factors...

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(March 23, 2018)   -   According to the national population projections by Uganda Bureau of Statistics(UBOS) , Uganda’s population currently estimated at 38,823,100 million in 2018 will be 41,222,200 in 2020; with such a growth rate, it is needless to say the pressure on our natural capital is huge and will continue to grow…

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(March 03, 2018)   -   On 3rd March 2018, Wildlife Conservation society (WCS) won an award for the contribution to sustainable management of protected areas.Uganda has 28 protected areas because of their recognized natural, ecological, biodiversity and cultural values...

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(February 26, 2018)   -   The staff of Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) - Uganda were part of the hundreds of people who turned up at Kitante school to run for...

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(February 26, 2018)   -   Wildlife Conservation society (WCS) in partnership with other agencies organised a well-attended public lecture about the state of big cats in Uganda at imperial royale hotel...

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