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Frogs worried about the future
Today, Robert Sekisambu, one of our new MSc students introduces his study: Frogs are fascinating, as bio-indicators and as natural jewels, but they may be facing decline or even extinction, due to...
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A succesfully completed MSc project!
Congratulations to Else Langbroek, whose thesis on the ‘Impact of bark harvesting from Rytigynia kigeziensis in Bwindi’ was approved by the University of Utrecht, the Netherlands. Else at the end of...
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Soil carbon stocks “still high” following forest loss around Bwindi
Dear Readers, This is Ronald again. My project on land-cover change, soil organic carbon and soil properties in and around Bwindi Impenetrable National Park finally came to an end. I had a wonderful...
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Rodents posing a threat to Bwindi’s wildlife?
Each year millions of people over the world become infected with diseases transmitted by animals. These pathogens can be found in nature where some are especially associated with rodents. Rodents can...
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Could Carapa seed studies aid forest conservation?
At the end of last month (June 2011), we hosted visiting researchers from the National Museum of Natural History Brunoy, France. Dr. Pierre-Michel FORGET (also past president of Tropical Biological...
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Recollections from a 16-months’ field experience with mountain gorillas
Hi Everyone!!! My name is Ed Wright and I am 29 years old and from the UK. I have just finished about 16 months of field work here at ITFC, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda. I am a PhD student...
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Horrifying nights as I shared camp with Bwindi’s forest elephants
After being awarded an MSc research scholarship by ITFC, I immediately moved on to conduct my research on “Understanding the diversity, distribution and impact of canopy parasitic plants in Bwindi...
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Volunteership experience in Bwindi
Dear readers, today we have the joy of sharing with you the experience of one of our volunteers, Diane Mukundwa. She comes all the way from the National University of Rwanda and has been with ITFC from...
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What were medical students doing at ITFC?
These last 5 weeks, ITFC had some special residents: 6 students of Mbarara University’s Department of Community Health were based at the Institute for their ‘Community Placement’ and worked with...
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My Bwindi experiance
Today marks my 16th day in Ruhija, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (famously known as ‘Bwindi’). This is the land of the mountain gorillas that am yet to see and cross off my bucket list of 100...
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