Establishement of Kayirabwa Chimpanzee Conservancy for conservation and protection of wildlife migratory routes in northern Albertine rift forests, western Uganda
Engagement of 500 private forest owners to set aside 6000 hectares for conservation of chimpanzee corridors
- Local support for chimpanzee conservation
- Great Potential for agro-ecotourism
- Great potential for nature based enterprises eg. bee keeping
- Conducive government policies
These corridor forests are disappearing quickly, however, and if these findings are not acted upon soon there will be little corridor forest left to conserve and most of these species will become extinct in this region. There is for Kayirabwa Chimpanzee Conservancy to provide economic incentives to land owners to enable these corridor forests to offset the current incentives to destroy the forest for agriculture.