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Excursion-Kidepo National Park from 9th to 11th December
Conservation Conference
Postponed to May 2012
- Create a nature-friendly public;
- Enhance knowledge of Uganda’s natural history;
- Take action to conserve priority species, sites and habitats and
- Advocate for policies favourable to the environment;
»The Big Birding Festival
»Conservation Conference
»Public Talks - Highlights
»Important Bird Areas
»Working Groups
»Membership
»Articles
»BPM
Membership based organisation and decisions drawn by members
Membership is NatureUganda’s constituency where conservation, research and information dissemination is done by, for and on behalf of the membership.
Science based
Inspired by the original purpose of the society to document natural history of East Africa, the institution work is hinged on scientific information generated through well laid down research and monitoring programmes.
Good governance
The society is governed by the supreme decision making body, the Annual General Meeting (AGM) that elects an Executive Committee from members who oversee the implementation of the organization’s programmes. The Executive Committee, in a transparent manner with equal opportunity to all, recruits secretariat staff headed by the Executive Director to run the day-to-day activities of the organization. The society accounts are audited annually by independent national and internationally recognized audit firms.
People oriented
In all NatureUganda’s work, people are considered central in execution of tasks and benefit that accrue. This promotes sustainable and equitable use of natural resources.
Focus on biodiversity conservation
Considering that 90% of Uganda’s GDP is derived from Natural Resources (tourism, forestry, fisheries), biodiversity is a priority economic development resource and this presents opportunities to promote conservation through research, public awareness and education.
The then mainly colonial administrators and other professionals used to collect specimens from the wild during their expeditions and deposited them into a collection centre, which later grew to become the present National Museums of Kenya.
In Uganda, the EANHS activities continued till the inset of political turmoil in the 1970s. Majority of the society members fled into exile and thus the society activities were halted. When the NRM government took power in 1986, conditions were very conducive to rejuvenate the society activities in Uganda. A few of the surviving members, mainly lecturers at Makerere university, came together in the early 1990s and restarted the EANHS-Uganda branch with a few activities mainly bird watching and natures walks.
By 1994, EANHS-Uganda had attracted more members and engaged in other activities including scientific research, conservation action, public awareness raising, advocacy and research. In response to this and also to streamline operations, the Society was registered as a non-profit independent national organization in 1995 with an operational name: NatureUganda - The East Africa Natural History society branch in Uganda. During the same period, NU joined the BirdLife International partnership and became the BirdLife partner in Uganda.