ELGON WILDLIFE CONSERVATION ORGANIZATION-(EWCO UGANDA)

Unido: 09.may.2020 Última actividad: 09.may.2020 iNaturalist

Elgon Wildlife Conservation Organization (EWCO) (https://www.elgonwildlifeconservation.org/ is Uganda's first non profit organization dedicated exclusively to amphibian conservation. EWCO protects conservation of endangered amphibians through research, conservation education, habitat restoration, advocacy and community engagement, including provision of alternative livelihoods to reduce pressure on habitat resource use.

Our project combines basic research, awareness raising, citizen science, and conservation activities.
We work through a broad investigation that allows updating conservation and amphibian disease status.

We aim to expand scientific knowledge on the ecology of the least concern and endangered amphibian species: create a baseline of home ranges, population densities, habitat characterization and habitat use patterns. We are intending to build a platform for amphibian citizen science project for the first time in Uganda

My motivation to undertake amphibian conservation in Uganda is to develope relevant skills in amphibian conservation.
I subsequently applied for and was awarded a Future Leaders of Amphibian Conservation scholarship to attend the Amphibian Conservation Research Symposium to attend ACRS 2020 at the 9th World Congress of Herpetology in Dunedin, New Zealand

I also was consequently awarded as a Future Leader for Amphibian Conservation as the first person from Uganda . I look forward to driving forward EWCOS efforts to create information, support, mentorship and opportunities for collaboration from across this growing, international partnership of organisations engaged in amphibian conservation.

The greater East African region does not yet have enough amphibian researchers to contribute to conservation science and action devoted to the survival of amphibians. It is my future aspiration to continue as a hands-on amphibian conservationist for as long as practical, advancing amphibian conservation in Uganda.

EWCO is also working in collaboration with Amphibian Ark to establish the first ex-situ breeding program for amphibians in Uganda , Conduct a national Conservation Needs Assessment for Uganda and consequently develope the first Amphibian Conservation Action for Uganda (Which i am a volunteer member on the IUCN amphibian assessment team)

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