28 Sep Raising an Explorer: Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka
The National Geographic Explorer, conservationist, and veterinarian gives her tips on inspiring children to explore....
27 Sep Preventing disease transmission between people and wildlife
Conservation scientist Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka looks after the health of mountain gorillas and livestock in southwest Uganda and teaches local residents how to avoid illness. ...
12 Sep SAVING ENDANGERED GORILLAS
!ere were once so few mountain gorillas alive that many experts believed they’d be extinct by this century....
05 Sep Protecting great apes from disease: Compliance with measures to reduce anthroponotic disease transmission
The emergence of infectious diseases, such as COVID-19, impacts livelihood strategies and conservation tools reliant on human-wildlife interactions, such as wildlife-based tourism and research. This is particularly relevant to great ape conservation, as humans and great apes are susceptible to being infected by similar pathogens....
15 Aug Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka: “To protect gorillas, we have to take care of people’s health too”
Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka wants to improve the health of Uganda's gorillas by also improving the lives of the populations that surround the ecological reserve. “It's all interconnected”, says the veterinarian distinguished this year with the Edinburgh Medal....
18 Jul POLICY BRIEF ON AFRICA’S GREAT APES AND COVID-19 (ENGLISH / FRENCH)
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