The Tilenga Project Biodiversity Program in Uganda

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Uganda: The Four Pillars of the Tilenga Biodiversity Program

The Albertine Rift is an area home to a number of endangered species, including African elephants, eastern chimpanzees and Nubian girafes. The region also hosts close to 450 different bird species, including Uganda's national bird — the gray crowned crane.

70% of the area’s natural habitat is protected

The Tilenga Biodiversity Program is designed to address the impacts associated with the project, in line with the “Avoid, Reduce, Compensate” hierarchy, i.e. to avoid and reduce impacts as a matter of priority. The actions required to compensate these impacts aim to deliver positive outcomes for biodiversity and local communities — this is known as “net gain”.

The program is focused on four key ecosystems:

• Murchison Falls National Park
• Bugungu Wildlife Reserve
• Murchison Falls Albert Delta and the wetlands along the Lake Albert shoreline
• The Bugoma–Budongo Forest corridor

Goal:

To leave the Murchison Falls Protected Area and the surrounding landscape in better condition than if the project had not taken place.