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UNDERSTANDING BUSH MEAT HUNTING IN NORTH AND NORTH-WESTERN UGANDA (2017-2019)

Murchison Falls Protected Area is Uganda’s largest Protected Area and is afforded the highest category of protection in Uganda. According to Plumtre et al (2015) MFPA is rich in species and biodiversity with a total known list of 144 mammal species, 556 bird species, 51 reptile species, 28 known amphibian species with an additional 23 to identify (51 species), and 755 plant species.  

The same area has also been discovered to hold substantial quantity of Oil and Gas. Total E & P Uganda has been given production licence for this block. These development activities in the MFNP may create disturbances which may increase animal movements out the project area and potentially out of the Park looking for alternative resources. It has been argued that the current mitigation measures on bush meat hunting seem not to perfectly address the issue. This is confounded by the love of bush meat by the people neighbouring the National Park and the outside markets. 

The main objective of the project is to understand the underlying issues around bush meat in relation to conservation and development. The intervention funded by Total E&P spanning a period of 3 years strives to get back the missing strategy in bush meat hunting mitigation in and around Murchison Falls National Park and the wider markets in the North and North Western Uganda. Specifically, the project looks at: