{"id":549420,"date":"2023-02-08T21:02:27","date_gmt":"2023-02-08T18:02:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/uganda-wildlife-numbers-soar-due-to-enhanced-protection\/"},"modified":"2023-02-08T21:02:27","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T18:02:27","slug":"uganda-wildlife-numbers-soar-due-to-enhanced-protection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/uganda-wildlife-numbers-soar-due-to-enhanced-protection\/","title":{"rendered":"#Uganda wildlife numbers soar due to enhanced protection"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a357ec9d5b48\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a357ec9d5b48\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/uganda-wildlife-numbers-soar-due-to-enhanced-protection\/#%E2%80%9CUganda_wildlife_numbers_soar_due_to_enhanced_protection%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Uganda wildlife numbers soar due to enhanced protection&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CUganda_wildlife_numbers_soar_due_to_enhanced_protection%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Uganda wildlife numbers soar due to enhanced protection&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2023\/the-number-of-elephant.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/2023\/the-number-of-elephant.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"The number of elephants has grown from 2,000 to 7,975 while the giraffe population increased nearly sixfold to 2,072.\">\n<figure class=\"article-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2023\/the-number-of-elephant.jpg\" alt=\"The number of elephants has grown from 2,000 to 7,975 while the giraffe population increased nearly sixfold to 2,072\" title=\"The number of elephants has grown from 2,000 to 7,975 while the giraffe population increased nearly sixfold to 2,072.\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-darken text-low-up text-truncate-js text-truncate mt-3\">\n                The number of elephants has grown from 2,000 to 7,975 while the giraffe population increased nearly sixfold to 2,072.<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Uganda&#8217;s wildlife population has boomed over the past four decades, the wildlife minister said Wednesday, but warned more must be done to save declining species including lions and endangered chimpanzees.<\/p>\n<section class=\"article-banner first-banner ads-336x280\"><!-- \/4988204\/Phys_Story_InText_Box --><br \/>\n      <\/section>\n<p>One of the most biodiverse countries on the planet according to the UN, Uganda has seen the population of several species more than double between 1983 and 2021 &#8220;due to enhanced integrity of the protected areas,&#8221; minister Tom Butime told reporters in Kampala.<\/p>\n<p>The number of elephants has grown from 2,000 to 7,975 while the giraffe population increased nearly sixfold to 2,072.<\/p>\n<p>The buffalo population has risen from 25,000 to more than 44,000, according to the ministry&#8217;s statistics.<\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;government has been able to successfully reintroduce rhinos back to Uganda that had gone extinct in (the) early 1980s,&#8221; Butime said.<\/p>\n<p>But the threats of poaching, habitat loss, climate change and retaliatory killings were causing the numbers of other species including lions and chimpanzees to shrink.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;More efforts are required to recover declining populations of chimpanzees, lions among others,&#8221; Butime said.<\/p>\n<p>UN biodiversity experts warned last year that rampant exploitation of nature is a threat to the well-being of billions of people across the world who rely on wild species for food, energy and income.<\/p>\n<p>The International Union for Conservation of Nature said in December that wildlife living on private land in Uganda remains largely unprotected and urged a change in policy to reduce human-animal conflict in those areas.<\/p>\n<p>The East African country hosts more than 53 percent of the global population of mountain gorillas and 11 percent of the world&#8217;s recorded species of birds. 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