Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary For 25th Anniversary
In a bid to boost the Uganda tourism industry and conserve the population of chimpanzees and their habitats, the Ngamba island chimpanzee sanctuary is set to celebrate its 25th anniversary by inviting the founder of the JANE GOODDALL INSTITUTE UGANDA
Dr. Jane Morris Goodall DBE the world’s foremost anthropologist, an English zoologist, primatologist, and ethologist expected to land at Entebbe airport on 20th August prior to the celebrations.
This has been revealed by the chimpanzee trust executive director Dr. Joshua Rukundo while addressing the media at the Jane Goodall Institute Uganda in Bwebajja along Kampala Entebbe road.
The Jane Goodall Institute and its close partners have made commendable efforts in ensuring the conservation of the forests which are the habitats for chimpanzees by planting over 600,000 trees per year in the rift –Albertine. There were 2 million chimpanzees in the last 100 years however, there are only 135000 of them left only in 21 countries, as Uganda has been able to maintain the 5000 chimpanzees.
Dr. Joshua Rukundo says the theme for the anticipated celebrations is to enhance the need for humans and wildlife to live in harmony in a shared environment.
Dr. James Byamukama the executive director of the Jane Goodall Institute Uganda insists that dr jane’s passion for nature drove her to as well start up the Roots and Shoot project through which she seeks to involve the young generation to partake in the move to promote peaceful co-existence of both the humankind and the animals in one environment.
The partnership coordinator for the wildlife conversation society Shivani Kamugisha appealed to the media to amplify the voice of the wildlife conservation activism explained.
The programs director of Jane Goodall Institute Uganda dr peter Apell applauded the chimp action plan 2002-2012 for the stabilization of the chimpanzee population from reducing to upholding it to 5000 today.
The head of marketing and business development at the Uganda wildlife conservation education center has also revealed the UWCEC's efforts to involve the community and create awareness among the public.
