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1 results foundAuthor: Moyini, Yakobo Title: Opportunities and Strategies for Wildlife Trade Sector in Uganda Summary: Wildlife trade in Uganda was officially recognised as one of the wildlife use rights in the Wildlife Act (2000). The main institution charged with regulating wildlife trade is the Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA). Uganda, as a signatory to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), has two other important authorities that regulate trade in wildlife. The Management Authority (MA) for CITES in Uganda is in the Ministry of Tourism Trade and Industry (MTTI), and the Technical Authority (TA) is the Uganda National Council of Science and Technology (UNCST). Internationally, wildlife trade is booming. The major exporters are largely from the Asian continent and they include: Malaysia, Singapore, China and others, while the major importers are the United States, the European Union and Japan. The international wildlife trade was valued at US$15 billion in 2001, excluding the trade in fish and timber, which are included in the mainstream economic activities usually under the agriculture sector for many countries, certainly for Uganda. In Uganda, wildlife trade largely consists of the trade in birds, amphibians and reptiles. Even though, trade in Non-Wood Forest Products (NWFPs) occurs at a fair scale it is largely unregulated or monitored and the actual volume or value of trade in unknown. Regulated wildlife trade brings in less than US$ 3 million per year making the wildlife sector very small indeed as compared to even small components of the agricultural sector like cotton, which fetches US$ 16 million, and much smaller than tourism, which records over US$ 160 million. In fact, the Uganda Investment Authority has not indicated the wildlife sector as one of the key sectors for investment; except the commercial rearing of crocodiles, which again is considered under skins and hides another component of the agricultural sector (livestock products). Future opportunities for wildlife trade in Uganda lie in diversification into other commodities such as ornamental fish and NWFPs, and intensification (farming) of crocodiles, tortoises, birds, chameleons and others. However, the present challenges largely include: the limited human resource capacity among regulators of the industry and the traders and business service providers and business regulators (Uganda Revenue Authority and Uganda Export promotions Board and Uganda Investment Board and others); Infrastructure in Uganda is inadequate roads and poor electricity supply in several areas where wildlife farms could be located; Poor data management and monitoring of trade in some wildlife products especially NWFPs. In addition, the costs of operation in a landlocked country, where wildlife trade depends on air transport are rather high. However, there is an even stronger need that is to ensure that whatever the motivation and profitability of wildlife trade the standard of wildlife conservation has grown over the years should not be compromised. Details: Kampala, Uganda: Ministry of Tourism, Trade and Industry/United Nations Conference on Trade & Development (UNCTAD) Export Development Programme, 2011. 47p. Source: Internet Resource: Uganda Biotrade Programme: Accessed May 22, 2013 at: http://www.biotrade.org/ResourcesNewsAssess/Uganda_wildlife_opps_stategies.pdf Year: 2011 Country: Uganda URL: http://www.biotrade.org/ResourcesNewsAssess/Uganda_wildlife_opps_stategies.pdf Shelf Number: 128776 Keywords: Wildlife ConservationWildlife CrimesWildlife Trade (Uganda) |