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Coordination Task Force Republic of Uganda

NWCCTF in the Field (2021-2025)

31 Dec 2025

Photographs from the NWCCTF Progress Report 2021-2025: joint operations, seizures, regional awareness engagements and the campaign to restore Bugoma Central Forest Reserve.
The Rt. Hon. Prime Minister Robinah Nabanja inspects Bugoma Central Forest Reserve on the ground.
The Rt. Hon. Prime Minister Robinah Nabanja inspects Bugoma Central Forest Reserve on the ground.
The Prime Minister inspects an illegal charcoal-burning site in the Bugoma area.
The Prime Minister inspects an illegal charcoal-burning site in the Bugoma area.
A detection dog screens arrivals at Entebbe International Airport.
A detection dog screens arrivals at Entebbe International Airport.
A detection dog inspects luggage in the terminal.
A detection dog inspects luggage in the terminal.
A handler and detection dog of the canine unit.
A handler and detection dog of the canine unit.
An Egyptian cobra recovered during a seizure on the Northern Bypass, May 2025.
An Egyptian cobra recovered during a seizure on the Northern Bypass, May 2025.
A Gabon viper recovered in Kasese, 2024.
A Gabon viper recovered in Kasese, 2024.
A truck intercepted carrying illegally produced charcoal.
A truck intercepted carrying illegally produced charcoal.
Sacks of charcoal beside a kiln in the Bugoma area.
Sacks of charcoal beside a kiln in the Bugoma area.
Illegally felled logs recovered from a forest reserve.
Illegally felled logs recovered from a forest reserve.
A stockpile of illegally harvested timber in the forest.
A stockpile of illegally harvested timber in the forest.
Freshly sawn timber planks at an illegal cutting site.
Freshly sawn timber planks at an illegal cutting site.
Suspect detained at an illegal timber site (identity protected).
Suspect detained at an illegal timber site (identity protected).
Poaching implements confiscated during joint operations.
Poaching implements confiscated during joint operations.
Chainsaws confiscated from illegal logging operations.
Chainsaws confiscated from illegal logging operations.
Signage at Bugoma Central Forest Reserve.
Signage at Bugoma Central Forest Reserve.
Rangers at the scene of a lion-poisoning case in Queen Elizabeth National Park.
Rangers at the scene of a lion-poisoning case in Queen Elizabeth National Park.
Confiscated African grey parrots held for rehabilitation.
Confiscated African grey parrots held for rehabilitation.
Worked elephant ivory pieces secured as court exhibits.
Worked elephant ivory pieces secured as court exhibits.
Elephant ivory recovered in the traffic-officer case.
Elephant ivory recovered in the traffic-officer case.
Raw elephant tusks laid out following a seizure.
Raw elephant tusks laid out following a seizure.
Skinned pangolins recovered in a Kampala trafficking case.
Skinned pangolins recovered in a Kampala trafficking case.
A crate of seized pangolin scales.
A crate of seized pangolin scales.
Seized bird feathers held as exhibits.
Seized bird feathers held as exhibits.
The National Anti-Wildlife Crime Coordination Task Force.
The National Anti-Wildlife Crime Coordination Task Force.
Participants at a regional awareness engagement.
Participants at a regional awareness engagement.
Elephant tusks recovered in a joint interdiction operation.
Elephant tusks recovered in a joint interdiction operation.
Illegally harvested timber recovered from a forest reserve.
Illegally harvested timber recovered from a forest reserve.
RDC Kikuube and Task Force commanders in the Ngogoli zone, Bugoma CFR.
RDC Kikuube and Task Force commanders in the Ngogoli zone, Bugoma CFR.
Task Force members assess encroached land during the Bugoma restoration campaign.
Task Force members assess encroached land during the Bugoma restoration campaign.
Deforested blocks of Bugoma Central Forest Reserve.
Deforested blocks of Bugoma Central Forest Reserve.
Task Force focal persons during a quarterly coordination meeting.
Task Force focal persons during a quarterly coordination meeting.
NWCCTF members with partner-agency representatives.
NWCCTF members with partner-agency representatives.
An elephant in Uganda’s savanna, the heritage the Task Force protects.
An elephant in Uganda’s savanna, the heritage the Task Force protects.
A hippopotamus in Ugandan waters.
A hippopotamus in Ugandan waters.
The pangolin, the world’s most trafficked wild mammal.
The pangolin, the world’s most trafficked wild mammal.

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