News at Destination Jungle August 2019
Destination Jungle believes that tourism can bring a positive contribution to the conservation of wildlife, the forest as well as supporting the local communities, in one word: sustainable tourism. Destination Jungle for many years has been active, specifically supporting conservation and eco-tourism.
ASSOCIATION FOR THE CONSERVATION OF BUGOMA FOREST(ACBF)
Destination Jungle launched in 2013 a campaign for the protection and conservation of Bugoma Forest located along the Rift valley eco-system between Lake Albert and Hoima, Home of endangered chimpanzees and Uganda Mangabeys. The campaign is now a membership association (ACBF) implementing number of activities:
- Private Patrol “Chimp T-RAP to fight illegal activities in the protected reserve.
- Public Nursery bed with indigenous tree species to support local farmers in reforesting and water protection.
- Sensitization in school, to emphasize massive education about conservation in pupils
- Eco-tourism development
- Agroforestry practices, to teach farmers how to grow crops with trees.
For more information;
Association for the conservation of Bugoma forest Facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/Association-for- the-Conservation-of-Bugoma-Forest-989113337780632
Association for the conservation of Bugoma Forest Blog
http://bugomaforest.blogspot.com/
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