The Project at a Glance
To create Lake Nyaguo Fish and Wildlife Reserve to better manage, protect and conserve threatened aquatic wildlife and their habitats
Problems to address
1. Destruction, fragmentation, modification and loss of riparian vegetation,
2. Clearance of marginal wetlands for agriculture and settlement
3. Overfishing and use of destructive fishing methods
The Objective
To create Lake Nyaguo Fish and Wildlife Reserve to better manage, protect and conserve threatened aquatic wildlife and their habitats.
Activities
1: Public Awareness Creation
2: Designation, Demarcation and Declaration of Created Protected Areas
3: Promote local communities involvement in management of newly created areas
4: Protection, management and sustainability of established reserve
Expected Outputs
1. Recovery of threatened native and endemic fish species and other aquatic wildlife.
2. Commitment of local communities and relevant agencies to conserve and protect critical habitats of freshwater biodiversity supporting the livelihoods millions of people in Uganda
3. Contribution to the attainment of three strategic objectives of National Biodiversity Strategic Action Plan (2015-2025)
