UCF PROJECTS

UCF wants to support projects that make an effective difference to both protecting the fauna and flora, and ensuring that Uganda's rural communities gain and not lose from the presence of wildlife. UCF believes that Uganda's wildlife can and will recover but that it should not be at the expense of the Ugandan communities. We recognise that Uganda's people, institutions, organisations, as well as the private sector can only have success in conservation if they all work together. Where and when we can we will approve and support immediate and long-term projects in areas that are not already heavily funded. Projects supported include the following:

Elephants, Crops and People (ECP)

The goal of the ECP project was to support the Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) to conserve elephants in Southern Queen Elizabeth National Park by providing management orientated research information on the ecology of the elephants and identify potential threats to their future. To find out more about the project please Click here.

Bukorwe Ridge Elephant Trench

Following on from the Elephants, Crops and People Project UCF is pleased to support a joint Uganda Wildlife Authority / Community initiative to dig a 20 km trench along the Bukorwe escarpment in the Ishasha Sector of Queen Elizabeth Conservation Area (QECA). To find out more about the project please click here

Waterways Project

Watercourses dominate the Albertine Rift and Western Uganda, yet there was no ranger patrol boat or expertise for boat operations. The installation of ranger boat stations at strategic points and the use of boats throughout the area will have an enormous impact on the ability of law enforcement to reverse poaching problems. This will be achieved through facilitating water borne law enforcement (anti poaching measures, policing of the bush meat trade, ivory tracking and illegal fishing), in addition to providing a research and a community / tourism related water safety and rescue capability. UCF has partnered with National Lake Rescue Institution and Uganda Wildlife Authority to provide the first of what is hoped will be a series of fully equipped boat stations to help this fight. To find out more about the project please click here...

Sustainable Vermin Control: Hoima and Masindi Districts of Uganda

Crop raiding by wildlife continues to be the biggest source of conflict between rural communities and protected areas. The vermin control project being implemented in Hoima and Masindi Districts is aiming at reducing incidences of human-wildlife conflicts through the identification and establishment of effective problem animal control methods. To find out more about the project please click here...

The Kitomi Snare Removal Project

The continuing poaching in Uganda is affecting many animals, in particular Chimpanzees and elephants. The Kitomi Snare Removal Project aims to clear snares from the Kitomi area whilst recording and reporting evidence of other illegal activities. To find out more about the project please Click here

On-site field support for Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) activities in the region including:

• Improvement of park access for the benefit of tourism and wildlife management
• Donation of fuel for track maintenance and improvement
• Provision of additional tools
• Donation of mosquito nets for the rangers
• Funding for the employment of local communities (from crop-raided areas) as park labourers
• Transport (bicycles) for UWA law enforcement rangers

Educational activities including:

• Capacity building and training of one of the latest applications of mapping software (ArcView 9.0) for the benefit of wildlife habitat management.
• Design and sponsorship of two Wildlife Management orientated research masters degrees through the Makerere University Institute of Environment and Natural Resources and The Department of Forestry, Uganda.
• Lectures and in-field support for the Cambridge University based Tropical Biological Association.
• Study tour to increase awareness of ECP activities and gain further guidance on wildlife techniques and issues.
• Presentation at “Conservation in Crisis” symposium, The College of African Wildlife Management (Mweka) Tanzania.

Project Applications

We are currently directing resources to projects in Uganda. As the foundation develops, we will be expanding our project base. The Foundation only operates within the broad field of conservation and as such, this does not include areas of medicine and health. Also excluded are projects concerning museums, churches, cathedrals and other historic sites, buildings and monuments.

To apply for funds, please download the application form.

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