Touring through photos

Tourism minister Maria Mutagamba and French Ambassador to Uganda Sophie Makame unveil one of the photos at the exhibition at the French Embassy in Kampala last Friday. PHOTO by Rachael Ajwang.

In Uganda today, wild life is greatly endangered and the environment suffers degradation. Many attempts are being made to create awareness about the importance of our flora and fauna, most recent a photo exhibition titled “on track of the great apes”.

Launched last Friday in Kampala at the French Embassy by Ms Maria Mutagama, the Minister of Tourism, Wildlife and Antiquities and French Ambasaddor Sophie Makame, the exhibition corresponds with one ongoing in France from February 11 until March 21.

The exhibition will close today for Uganda and March 21 next year for France respectively.
Several of the photos comprised of chimpanzees feeding on wild fruits, while others show chimpanzees sleeping on tree branches.

“When you look at that chimpanzee resting on a tree branch, it shows that rest is an important component of life and as man, we need to gazette these and many more wild animals enough places for resting,” Ms Mutagamba said while unveiling photos to journalists as key players in propagating the message to stop wildlife encroachment.

The exhibition will not only educate and inform Ugandans and the world about the natural resources they have, but also encourage the communities to participate in conservation of the different game parks so as to benefit from tourism.