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Overcoming community-conservation conflict: Q&A with Dominique Bikaba Kahuzi-Biega National Park in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is renowned for its biodiversity. The area is also home to the Batwa people, who are highly dependent on its forests for their livelihoods and cultural traditions. Efforts to protect these forests are challenged by conservation’s mixed record: Kahuzi-Biega’s expansion in the 1970s forced the displacement of thousands of local people, turning them into conservation refugees and sowing distrust in conservation initiatives. One of the local organizati...

UWA GETS READY FOR TWO NEW GORILLA GROUPS Efforts over the past years are nearing conclusion, as two additional habituated gorilla groups are to be added for tourism purposes at Bwindi National Park over the next few weeks. This will bring the number of available gorilla tracking permits at Bwindi to a maximum of 48 a day, provided all groups are available for visits and one or another are not being rested on advice of the Uganda Wildlife Authority veterinary services. Each permit presently attracts a fee from foreign non-resident visitors of US$500, while locals understandably pay a more aff...

(eTN) – In what was described as an internal debate of some vigor, the Association of Uganda Tour Operators has apparently accepted that the Uganda Wildlife Authority’s online sale of the prized gor (eTN) – In what was described as an internal debate of some vigor, the Association of Uganda Tour Operators has apparently accepted that the Uganda Wildlife Authority’s online sale of the prized gorilla permits can go ahead after all. Sections of the local tour operating fraternity had vehemently opposed plans of UWA to go online with permit sales, as the organization wanted to widen their...

Rethinking Funding Models for Ape Conservation ByHeather Richardson On Jan. 11 this year, something happened that primatologists had both feared and expected: two western lowland gorillas at San Diego Zoo Safari Park tested positive for SARS-CoV-2. Right from the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, experts had assumed great apes would be susceptible to the virus. IUCN great ape specialists sent out a document in March 2020 to advise on the risk, and most great ape tourism sites closed immediately. People were nervous; great ape conservation heavily depends on tourism revenue. What no one knew the...