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Read More »Second Edition of Uganda Conservation Media Awards Celebrates Outstanding Contributions to Wildlife Conservation
November 18, 2024 Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA), in partnership with WildAid, hosted the second edition of the Uganda Conservation Media Awards on October 16, 2024, recognizing the critical role of the media in promoting wildlife conservation and raising public awareness on environmental issues. The awards are the only of their …
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ARUA: SEPTEMBER 02, 2020 This solutions journalism project investigating whether helping people fight poverty could protect wildlife was produced BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU with support from InfoNile and Internews’ Earth Journalism Network. A wildlife reserve is recovering from the heavy poaching of the 1970s and 80s A community’s efforts to reduce poaching by …
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