Visions on Mount Elgon

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Mount Elgon rises up 4,300 meters into Uganda's skies. The extinct volcano is the fourth-highest peak in East Africa; imposing not only in terms of height but also biodiversity. Still, numbers of elephants, leopards, buffalo, and large wild boar have dropped drastically in the past few years. Many indigenous birds are veterans on the endangered species list, as are some plants. Local communities living around the peak are behind the problems, mainly thanks to poaching, deforestation and water extraction. But now training is educating people on how to protect the ecosystem and still have enough firewood, farmland and food.

A report by Florian Nusch

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Length
7:10 Minutes

Date of publication
2015

Project

Ecosystem Based Adaptation in Mountain Ecosystems

Global Ideas

The television reports and documentaries of Deutsche Welle's 'Global Ideas' media project provide people all over the world with information on model projects which implement biodiversity and climate protection. The media project is funded by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety through the International Climate Initiative.