07 Jul Ian’s Birthday Gifts
We are so grateful to the Lundin family for holding a fundraiser to support the mountain gorillas of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in honor of Ian Lundin’s 60th birthday on 12th September 2020....
19 Jun What I wish I had known when I graduated high school
Uncertainty about the future is a normal feeling for graduates — even more so for those graduating during a global pandemic. To help the class of 2020 navigate these challenging times, we invited six women from around the world to share what they wish they...
19 Jun ‘Rafiki’s trust was betrayed’: Q&A with conservationist Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka
In early June, rangers discovered the mutilated body of Rafiki, an endangered silverback mountain gorilla living at Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in Uganda; four men have since been arrested on suspicion of poaching....
19 Jun Preparing for a pandemic like COVID-19 – a blog by CTPH Founder and CEO on St Andrews Alumni website
Dr Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka is Founder and CEO of Conservation Through Public Health (CTPH) – the winner of the St Andrews Prize for the Environment 2020. Dr Kalema-Zikusoka is using the prize money to extend CTPH’s ‘one health’ conservation model (which has almost doubled the number...
04 Jun Stop the Wildlife Trade: The link between illegal wildlife and deadly diseases
Major new international efforts are needed to tackle the consumption of wild animals but ending the practice completely, at least in Africa, was unlikely and unwelcome, leading conservationists told an expert panel...
19 May How Coronavirus—and Lack of Tourism—Impact East Africa’s Gorillas and Communities
Buhoma's Main Street resembles an abandoned old Western movie set. A block of false-front looking buildings, constructed from a hodgepodge of concrete, brick and metal, line the Ugandan village's block-long dirt thoroughfare that leads to Bwindi Impenetrable National Forest, home to half of the world's...