A joint team from the Field Museum, Roosevelt University, and Makerere University recently concluded an intensive mammal species inventory on the rugged slopes of Mount Morungole, Karamoja, from July 22nd to August 3rd, 2016. This expedition, documented under JCK 9900-10277, sheds new light on the diverse and often elusive mammal fauna inhabiting this remote and [...]
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Mount Morungole Mammal Species Inventory
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Bats and Birds Research, Morungole
From January 23rd to February 9th, 2025, two consecutive research expeditions explored the biodiversity of the Moroto Conservation Zone, an initiative of the Kara-Tunga Foundation, situated on the western slopes of Mount Moroto in Morungole Sub County, Kaabong District. These surveys, conducted in close succession, provided a comprehensive snapshot of the region's avian and bat [...] More -
Bats and Birds Research, Mt Moroto
From January 23rd to 30th 2025, a team of international biodiversity scientists conducted a survey of bats, birds at the Moroto Conservation Zone initiated by Kara-Tunga Foundation on the western slopes of Mountain Moroto. The extended research period allowed for more comprehensive data collection and a wider range of species encountered. Scope The research encompassed [...] More -
Bee-Keeping Training for Farmers in Karamoja
Kara-Tunga Foundation - under the Karamoja Conservation Zones initiative - has trained farmers in Moroto and Nakapiripirit District in the basics of beekeeping. The training prepares farmers to manage beehives which will be placed in the Conservation Zones. This initiative seeks to diversify people’s livelihoods which, crucially, promote nature conservation, particularly for trees. Reflecting on [...] More -
Capacity building of local leaders
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Karamoja Conservation Zones in Ugandan newspaper
The Karamoja Conservation Zones initiative is featured in the Ugandan New Vision newspaper. The article highlights the strong relationship between livelihoods and deforestation. The Kara-Tunga Foundation project focuses greatly on tackling the root causes of deforestation: poverty, crop failure, and lack of alternative livelihoods. We do so by supporting the incubation of agroforestry businesses and [...] More -
Tackling Karamoja’s booming charcoal business
Learn how the Karamoja Conservation Zones initiative is tackling the booming charcoal business in Karamoja by incubating sustainable forest-based businesses. The feature shares more about the root causes of deforestation in our target areas. It also showcases how to community is raising tree seedlings to produce sustainable charcoal and conduct climate smart agriculture as well [...] More -
Bicycles for conservation in Karamoja
Bicycles for conservation in Karamoja - To reduce the carbon footprint and cost of our operations, we have ordered Ugandan-made reliable and strong bicycles from a fantastic social enterprise called CooP-Uganda (Cycling Out Of Poverty). The bicycles will be used by the Karamoja Conservation Zones initiative for the parish based employees to conduct monitoring, sensitising [...] More -
Supporting Collaborative Forest Management Groups (CFM) in southern Karamoja
We are proud to support the first two Collaborative Forest Management (CFM) Groups of southern Karamoja with Karamoja Conservation Zones Initiative. The CFM group in an effort of Uganda Government National Forestry Authority to improve forest conservation and the livelihoods of forest-adjacent communities. Karamoja is unique compared to other Central Forest Reservers in Uganda. The [...] More -
Kara-Tunga launches tree planting Karamoja Conservation Zones
After months of preparations, Kara-Tunga Foundation launches tree planting for Karamoja Conservation Zones initiative. During Kara-Tunga's 8 years of operations, it has seen woodlands vanishing in just days. Fully loaded lorries exporting charcoal to the capital city. Illegal logging on commercial scale and exploitation of rural communities. Drivers of threats Poverty, lack of alternative income [...] More
