The Uganda Atlas

S p e c i a l f e a t u r e s

Conservation and Wildlife

Species

1960s 1982-1983 1995-1996 1999-2003 2004 - 2006 Status in Uganda

Uganda kob

70,000 40,000 60,000 25,000 30,000 2,000 26,000 13,000 25,000 18,000 15,000 6,000 12,000 19,000 10,000 8,000 10,000 5,500 4,500 1,500 1,800 1,400 700 300 2,000 200 400 150 300 20

30,000 18,000

44,000 17,800

34,461 30,308

Population decreasing Population increasing

Buffalo

Elephant

1,900 4,500 2,600 6,000 3,500 3,200 600

2,400 5,300 3,400 3,000 6,000 2,800 450

4,322 7,542 4,439 1,669 4,705 6,493 6,062

Population low, but slowly increasing

Hippopotamus

Population increasing slowly Population increasing slowly

Hartebeest

Topi

Population increasing

Impala

Population low, but beginning to increase

Waterbuck

Population increasing Population increasing

Burchell’s zebra

Eland

500 250 100

450 240

309 259

Population low, may still be decreasing

Rothschild’s giraffe 2,500 350

Population stable

Bright’s gazelle Roan antelope

50

0 0

Very rare, precarious Very rare, precarious Extinct in Uganda Extinct in Uganda.

15

7

Oryx

0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 8

Black rhino White rhino

2 at UWEC and 4 in the sanctuary (Ziwa Rhino ranch)

Derby’s eland

300

0

0

0 0

Extinct in Uganda

Wildlife Population trends in Uganda

UWA 2008

Uganda the Pearl 2007

Chimp at the Chimpanzee Sanctuary & Wildlife Conservation Trust (CSWCT), Ngamba Island, Mukono District.

Time to relax: the Hippopotamus in Murchison Falls National park

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