Uganda’s Echuya Forest Reserve will become a national park, a move welcomed by conservationists working to protect the vulnerable African golden cat.

Forest-dependent and heavily threatened by snaring, the elusive cat may benefit as national parks increasingly act as species strongholds, alongside new community programs offering alternatives to bushmeat.

by Sean Mowbray
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/12/small-cat-conservationists-hail-ugandas-new-echuya-forest-national-park/

#news #wildlife #forests #conservation #biodiversity #bigcats

Uganda’s Echuya Forest Reserve will become a national park, a move welcomed by conservationists working to protect the vulnerable African golden cat.

Forest-dependent and heavily threatened by snaring, the elusive cat may benefit as national parks increasingly act as species strongholds, alongside new community programs offering alternatives to bushmeat.

by Sean Mowbray
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/12/small-cat-conservationists-hail-ugandas-new-echuya-forest-national-park/

#news #wildlife #forests #conservation #biodiversity #bigcats