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(December 07, 2016) The Murchison-Semliki  REDD plus project-Western UgandaWildlife Conservation Society (WCS) ExperienceBackgroundAlbertine  Rift is  home to  over  1100   endemic  plant   and   animal species, and  has  more  registered species of birds  and  amphibians than  any  other  part  of Africa. At the  northern tip of the  rift, east of Lake  Albert,  lies  Murchison-Semuliki...

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(August 10, 2016) **NEWS FROM WCS, University of York and Uganda Wildlife Authority                                                                              &nbs...

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(October 15, 2015) WCS scientists have recently completed an analysis of the impacts of oil and gas exploration and seismic surveys on elephants in the Murchison Falls National Park which shows that elephants are reacting negatively to the oil developments.  Elephants were shown to move away from well pad sites while under construction and when they were being drilled as much as 5 kilometres away from the pad. Elephant movement behaviour changed in the vicinity of well pads or seismic activity including movin...

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(October 14, 2015) WCS researchers together with experts from Makerere University have nearly doubled the number of species that are known from Murchison Falls Protected Area (MFPA),  including Murchison Falls National Park, Bugungu and Karuma Wildlife Reserves. MFPA is at the northern end of the Albertine Rift ecoregions, one of Africa’s most biodiverse hotspots. Surveys were made of mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and plants and identified more than 1,500 species in these taxa, including 144 mamm...

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(February 17, 2014)   Targeting Enforcement Where Needed Most   In Africa’s Heart of Biodiversity Data-driven analysis will maximize return-on-investment in protecting wildlife and wild lands New York (February, 2014)—Scientists seeking a more efficient way of protecting the heart of Africa’s wildlife—the Greater Virunga Landscape —have developed a method to make the most of limited enforcement resources, according to a new study by the Wildlife Conservation Society, the ...

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(February 17, 2014) Uganda Develops Database For Wildlife Crime Offenders WCS and Uganda Wildlife Authority collaborate on online tool  NEW YORK (Dateline) – The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) have collaborated to produce an online tool that will allow law enforcement officials to access a database to track offenders of wildlife crime in real-time and across the country. The database,which can be updated online at all Uganda parks and headquarters, will e...

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