Strengthen Conservation regulations Chimpzee conservationist tell government

BY SAMUEL NABWIISO

 World famous   chimpanzee conservationist Dr.Jane Goodall has asked the government of Uganda through its conservation agencies to strengthen and Implement the conservation regulations in the country, which she said will reduce Incidences of Human to wildlife conflicts.

Addressing the press  at the  Jane Goodall Institute Head offices in Lubowa  Wakiso District along the Kampala Entebbe road,  Goodall noted that many   habitants for the wildlife animals have been encroached on  for  creating space for Agricultural Investment , charcoal burning  and Timber harvesting  this has forced many Wild animals to migrate  into people farms which results into human to wildlife conflicts.

Dr Jane Goodall in the middle with  stressing point during the media briefing

“The government need to  strengthen the implementation of conservation  laws that are in place  this will  promote conservation  for the future and also promote the development of tourism in the country  since Uganda is gifted with thousand species of wild  Animals” She said.

For the general public to Embrace conservation Dr.Jane Goodall advised the conservation agencies to work with various stakeholders such as the ministry of Education to ensure that conservation education is included in the national curriculum.

“We need to have generation that will save the country’s nature that is why it’s vital to start training the younger people especially those in primary and secondary level to embrace conservation “she told Journalists.

Dr. Goodall is celebrated for her ground-breaking research and publications on wild chimpanzees in Gombe, Tanzania, and as the first to introduce the observations that chimpanzees have distinct personalities and behaviors, like those of humans, into the scientific world.

Goodall  is in Uganda  to mark the 27 years  since she started  working on chimpanzee conversations under her  conservation firm Jane Goodall  Institute , In her visit the conservationist will hold various meeting with  government official and key stakeholder in the conservation sector.

Jane will  also interact with members of the Roots and  Shoots  the youth  organisation she stated  in 1991. Jane and the children  will visit  the chimpanzee,s  at the Uganda  Wildlife Education Center  Entebbe 

In Uganda the jane Goodall institute has played big role towards the conservations of chimpanzee in Bunyoro sub region especially in the district of Masindi and Kibaale.Forstance in masindi the jane goodaal institute has supported communities to come up with Income generating activities this has reduced pressures on the habitants for chimpanzees in the areas around Budongo central forest of which parts is habitant for chimps.

According to Dr Peter Apell the country Director for Jane Goodall Institute Uganda chapter their Intervention has enabled the communities to embrace conservation through empowering the communities economically, socially.

“The Intervention of the Institute has increased more awareness about the assets associated with conservation we have done this through conservation clubs in schools and even at the community level we hope that the more the public becomes aware about the importance of conservation  the more government will earn will conservation” He told the Media.