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Personal Information
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Marital status:
Married
Nationality:
Ugandan
Date of Birth:
February 14, 1966
Place of Birth: Arua District,
Uganda
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Career
Objectives
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- To combine my comprehensive skills
in wildlife management with researches undertaken to enhance sustainable
wildlife resource management for tourist experience and enjoyment: and
benefit of communities adjacent to the protected areas
- To contribute to development of
sustainable tourism to support operations of the protected areas in Uganda
wildlife Authority Estates
- Liaise with stake holders in
management of wildlife resources to provide benefit that will improve
living standards of communities adjacent to the protected areas
As a zoologist I can offer,
- Adaptive & science based
Protected Area Management
- Building of biodiversity
inventories, natural resource protection & management, research and
ecological monitoring
- Extension services in the following
fields; education and awareness campaigns, problem animal control and
monitoring, environmental micro-projects and buffer zone development
- Product development and provision of
visitor services
- Education and training of staff
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Career History
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Profile
- My interest in conservation and
wildlife management stemmed from the period when I held the position of
General Secretary Makerere University Wildlife
Association which exposed me to various environmental and conservation
activities which include education and awareness campaigns about waste
disposal, plant pest control, afforestation
and soil protection.
- Extension services which encompasses
assessment of historical monuments and cultural sites in a bid to
diversify soft tourism products as well as assessment of remnants of
natural habitats adjacent to the PA for eco-tourism ventures
- Participation in consultancies �
signage and assessment of short term potential in tourism development in MFCA
- Tourism promotion � domestic and
international
Major Trainings
- Community based tourism in Kwazulu Natal,
South Africa:
March 2003
- Sustainable Tourism Development in
Protected Area systems, in Kwazulu Natal � South Africa;
March 2000
- Distance Sampling Techniques to
estimate wildlife populations, Hluhluwe - Umfolozi Park,
South Africa:� August � September, 2002
- �Management Development Programme,
Uganda Management Institute; July 1999
Career interests:
Sustainable
Natural Resource Management & Socio- Economic Development
Research and Field Experience
- 1998 �2000: Comparative crop raiding
patterns by mammals in Ngwedo and Amor parishes adjacent to Murchison Falls
Conservation Area
- April � June 1994: Waste disposal on
Makerere Hill
- March � June 1994: Musanga cecroipiodes
as an ecological resource on Makerere Hill
- January � March 1994: Socio �
economic surveys of junior and Police quarters and estates on Makerere Campus
- April � June 1996: A Survey of
domestic livestock on Makerere Hill
- December � March 1992/3: Field based
plant collections and identification
- April 1994: Comparison of bird
diversity in planted and natural forests
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Employment
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- January 2004 till present: Senior Warden In-charge Rwenzori Mountains
National Park
- June 1997 � December 2003: Warden
In-charge of Tourism Development and services in Murchison Falls
Conservation Area
- December 1996 � May 1997: Warden
In-charge of Rabongo Sector Murchison Falls
Conservation Area
- August 1995-November 1996: Graduate
Teacher and Head of Biology Department at Lake
Side College
Luzira, Kampala
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Qualifications attained:
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- 2001: Master of science (Zoology),� Makerere University
- 1996: Postgraduate Diploma in
Education, Makerere University
- 1995: Bachelor of science (Zoology),
Makerere
University
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Hobbies
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Watching
Wildlife films, reading scientific journals bird watching and photography
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Extracurricular activities
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Volley Ball,
Ring Ball and Football
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Referees
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- Dr. Gilbert Isarbirye
-� Basuta,
Head Zoology Department,
Makerere University,
P.O Box
7062, Kampala
Tel. +256 -71 � 813552
e-mail: [email protected]
or [email protected]
- Mr. Bernard Twinomugisha,
Site Project Manager,
Rwenzori Mountains Conservation and Environmental
Management Project (RMCEMP),
WWF - Uganda
P.O. Box 492, Kasese - Uganda
Off. Tel.:+256 � 39 - 706204 �
Mobile: + 256 � 77/71 � 465453
e-mail: [email protected]
Chief Warden
Queen Elizabeth Conservation Area
P.O Box
188, Kasese � Uganda
Off.Tel. +256 � 39 � 700694
Mobile: +256 � 77 � 550294
e-mail: [email protected] or [email protected]
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