Category Archives: Environmental Conservation Education

Promoting Unified Biology for Sustainable Living Prof. L. S. Shashidhara. The Professor is the Past president of International Union of Biological Sciences (IUBS).

During his recent visit to Uganda, Prof. L. S. Shashidhara, Director of the National Centre forBiological Sciences and Professor of Biology at IISER Pune, India, engaged with key institutionalrepresentatives. He met with the Executive Secretary of the Uganda National Council for Science andTechnology (UNCST), the Heads of the Departments of Wildlife and Aquatic Animal Resources(WAAR)…

Innovation in Conservation: Navigating Societal and Political Contexts

Innovation in conservation, within a societal and political ecology framework, seeks to address thecomplex interplay between development, environmental sustainability, and community livelihoods. This approach focuses on areas that are conservation potential while recognizing the societal and politicalfactors that can influence their use and management.In countries like Uganda, the past decade has seen significant shifts in…

Coffee Biodiversity Initiative (CBI)

Coffee production and its productivity are now focused as a strong sector in the big economic, social butalso environmental challenges facing the growing communities now and over the coming years. In Africait is now vital to hold discussions focused around how Coffee demands will affect climate and lead toclimate change, biodiversity and environment, and contributions…

Promoting Unified Biology for Sustainable Living

Ensuring equitable and sustainable forest management in communities and their needs to be supported. By giving a fair share of control and management, to strengthen their livelihoods of the forest adjacent communities through trade.

Strengthening CFM

Promoted positive attitudes towards conservation and self-determination through service learning pedagogy. The project investigated community-centered conservation initiatives by local communities, biologists, and environmental educators from the region.

Promoting CFM in Degraded Forests of Central Uganda

Raised the profile of the evergreen forests reserves by restoring biodiversity in the forest, encouraging environmental research and education, and putting in place eco-tourism facilities.