14 May Reformed poachers turn to coffee farming for livelihood
Growing human populations in communities neighbouring protected areas have continued to become a major threat to the rising number of wildlife populations across Uganda. ...
13 May Uganda’s first wildlife vet on breaking the mould – and why gorilla and human health are linked
When Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka started out there were no black women in her field. She talks about creating roles for African leaders in wildlife and how protecting people is core to protecting the animals they live near...
09 May Wildlife conservation and human health go hand-in-hand, says Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka
Outward Voices is a collection of personal essays from individuals who are doing their part to protect our planet. For Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, founder of Conservation Through Public Health (CTPH), an organization dedicated to the co-existence of wildlife, humans and livestock in Africa, the success...
08 May Meet Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, Uganda’s first wildlife vet and a renowned conservationist
Countless natural disasters made worse from climate change and the degradation of our natural world feel like a steady drumbeat in the news. It’s hard not to feel discouraged, especially when we hear about the enormous amount of species that have gone extinct due to...
24 Apr Champion of the gorillas: the vet fighting to save Uganda’s great apes
Under the watchful and resourceful eye of award-winning conservationist Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, Uganda’s threatened mountain gorilla population has made an impressive recovery – as has the local community...
11 Apr Ugandan gorilla vet on how Rwanda played a role in her early days of practice
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" el_id="textTemp" z_index=""][vc_column][vc_column_text] SOURCE: The New Times [/vc_column_text][vc_separator type="normal" color="#bcbcbc"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" el_id="imgTemp" z_index=""][vc_column][ultimate_spacer height="15"][vc_single_image image="5143" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center" qode_css_animation=""][ultimate_spacer height="15"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index=""][vc_column][vc_column_text]In a newly released book penned by...