Elie Mundima

Category: In the Press, Out on Patrol | Date: Apr 25 2007 | By: admin

After just a couple of days in Mutsora, it was time to go back out on patrol again, with Paul from World Picture News joining us for a couple of days.

Above you can see the Djuma Patrol Post with a palm tree grove in the background.

It’s no longer a suitable PP for the area, and we really need to take this one down and build a stronger one which is good enough for the guards and their families.This is a very valuable area with the recent finding of okapi here, as well as the new road being built by Soderu which connects Uganda with Congo.

I believe that ICCN should put road blocks on this road where it enters and exits the park, so that we can monitor the traffic and make sure that illegal activities such as logging and poaching do not go on within our borders. We could also even use the road blocks as a small income for the park or pay for the upkeep of the road, but to monitor poaching is essential as although these new roads can provide much hope to an area, the increased accessibility of the park to outsiders can see dramatic rises in the traffic of bush meat.

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