DOCSLIB.ORG

The Rising Bugoma Forest Plus

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
The Rising Bugoma Forest Plus BUGOMA FOREST THREATENED BY SUGAR PLANTATION THE RISING RIFT VALLEY LAKES GROUND HORNBILL ITS CURVED EYELASHES THE ENVY OF A MANNEQUIN THE SECRETS OF SHOMPOLE/ OLKIRAMATIAN PLUS TRAVELLING IN TANZANIA CONSERVANCIES DURING A PANDEMIC Our 2021 wall and desk calendars as well as season's greetings cards now available! Boost your brand visibility by printing your 2020 calendars with us. You will benefit from our huge selection of wildlife photographs taken by some of East Africa’s top wildlife photographers. Give us your contacts/details and leave the rest to us! +254 20 3874145 / 20 3871437 +254 722 202 473 / 734 600632 [email protected] +254 20 3871335 / 20 3870837 Swara Magazine, the journal of the East African Wild Life Society, has championed conservation for over sixty years. We help shape legislation to protect natural resources, galvanize discussion on how best to solve conservation problems and connect networks for advocacy. Since the onset of Covid-19, advertising revenue for Swara has been decimated by lock-downs. The majority of Swara’s advertising clients in the tourism industry are facing losses and reduced marketing budgets. Print copies help additional sales and can be passed on to young people and schools. We ask you to help us fill the gap and continue offering our readers essential conservation information. If you wish to continue supporting us, send your donation via the options below. Visit our website: www.eawildlife.org 4 | JANUARY - MARCH 2021 BIODIVERSITY 28 Jeffrey Wu discovers a vantage spot in the Maasai Mara from where to observe and photograph nocturnal wildlife activities. 34 The Ground Hornbill: Rupert Watson explains the salient characteristics of this fascinating bird. 39 Kari Mutu reports on an effort to rewild grasslands to restore the habitat of an endangered FRONTLINE antelope species. 05 Director’s Letter 06 News Update 43 Rupi Mangat revisits Kenya’s fascinating Amboseli National Park and reports that there was an elephant OPINION baby boom there in 2020. 12 Kaddu Sebunya urges greater effort to nurture nature in 2021. PADDOCK DIARIES 45 Brian Finch tells the story of ‘Blinky’, the one- 16 Denis Macharia Muthike argues that eyed migratory Great Spotted Eagle returning to the conservancies are key to boosting the welfare of Nairobi National Park. Kenya’s indigenous people. PORTFOLIO CONSERVATION 50 Delta Willis profiles broadcaster and natural 18 Rupi Mangat explains the phenomenon of swelling historian David Attenborough. lakes in Kenya’s Rift Valley. ON SAFARI 21 Kang-Chun Cheng looks into how marine 53 Adventure travel writer Chris Whittaker resources can be better managed to boost the “accidentally” escapes lockdown in Britain to spend livelihood of coastal communities. time on safari in Tanzania during the pandemic. 25 Gerald Tenywa reports on a controversial decision BOOK REVIEW to clear a swathe of a natural forest to make way for a 56 Kari Mutu reviews Impressions of Amboseli by sugar plantation in western Uganda. Sophie Walbeoffe and Cynthia Mosss. JANUARY - MARCH 2021 | 5 BOARD MEMBERS Davinder Sikand William Pike Otekat John Emily Cissy Walker Matt Walpole JANUARY - MARCH 2021 | VOLUME 46 | NUMBER 1 Michael Wamithi Elizabeth Migongo-Bake EAWLS MISSION The East African Wild Life Society is a trailblazing conservation organisation dedicated to helping protect the environment and promoting prudent use of natural resources in the region. The Society carries out its mandate mainly The Impala is the symbol of the East African through advocacy, implementing conservation Wild Life Society. SWARA is the Swahili word programmes, supporting field research, advancing for Antelope environmental education, promoting sustainable development and inspiring people through The East African Wild Life Society vibrant events on wildlife and environmental conservation. @eawildlife EAWLS WORLDWIDE REPRESENTATIVES USA WHY SUPPORT US Mr & Mrs Harry Ewell East Africa is rich in plant and animal Financial Representatives biodiversity. A partnership with the East 200 Lyell Avenue Spencerport African Wild Life Society is a great way NY 14559-1839 COVER PHOTO: LION for individuals and organisations to help BY JEFFREY WU conserve the region’s iconic species. Grant Winther Your contribution will help restore and 867 Taurnic Pl. NW Bainbridge Island, safeguard habitats, including forests and WA 98110 wetland ecosystems; protect wildlife EDITOR and marine life while promoting John Nyaga UNITED KINGDOM (UK) sustainable use of natural resources [email protected] Nigel Winser for the benefit of current and future The Old Forge, Brook End, Chadlington, generations. Nature sustains livelihoods EDITORIAL BOARD Oxfordshire. OX7 3NF (01608 676 042) and forms the foundation on which our Nigel Hunter UK mobile - 07495 469941 economies thrive. Your membership William Pike [email protected] offers you tangible benefits and Lucy Waruingi allows you to participate in impactful Delta Willis NETHERLANDS programmes while benefiting from the visibility that the partnership affords. Irene Amoke Stichting EAWLS Ridderhoflaan 37 2396 C J Koudekerk A/D RIJN DESIGN & LAYOUT George Okello SWITZERLAND Copyright©2020 Bernhard Sorgen SWARA is a quarterly magazine owned and CIRCULATION & SUBSCRIPTIONS Erlenweg 30 8302 Kloten pub lished by the East African Wild Life So ci e ty, Rose Chemweno a non-prof it or gan isa tion formed in 1961. Views FINLAND, SWEDEN & NORWAY expressed in this magazine are not necessarily the ADVERTISING & SALES Roseanna Avento views of the publishers. No part of this publica- Gideon Bett [email protected] tion may be reproduced by any means whatsoever +358405355405 without the written consent of the editor. Opin- PATRONS ions ex pressed by con trib u tors are not nec es sar i ly The President of Ken ya AFRICAN JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY the official view of the Society. SWARA ac cepts The President of Tan za nia The African Journal of Ecology is Published by the in for ma tion given by con trib u tors as correct. The President of Ugan da Wiley – Blackwell in association with East African Wild Life Society. Purchase a copy of this Journal CHAIRPERSON at Wiley Online Library: wileyonlinelibrary.com/ Elizabeth Gitari journal/aje VICE-CHAIRPERSON SWARA OFFICES Cissy Walker EAWLS Head Office P O Box 20110 – 00200, HON. TREASURER Riara Road, Kilimani, Nairobi Davinder Sikand Tel: + 254-(0) 20-3874145 + 254 (0) 20 3871437 + 254 (0) 722 202 473 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SWARA appreciates the continued support it Nancy Ogonje + 254 (0) 734 600 632 receives from Fauna & Flora International 6 | JANUARY6 | JANUARY - MARCH - MARCH 2021 2021 Uganda’s Bugoma Forest Must Not Be Destroyed for Private Gain ome 5,770 hectares of Assessment (ESIA) report. It is Bugoma Forest Reserve unfortunate that a state regulatory in western Uganda have body mandated to protect the reportedly been leased to environment would endorse the SHoima Sugar Ltd who will clear the destruction of a public forest to woodland to make way for a sugar make way for a sugar plantation that plantation. The process of converting benefits a private entity. forestland into farmland is being The Rai Group has a large footprint carried out in blatant disregard of in the manufacture of wood products laws on environmental protection. in East Africa, including Kenya, Some sources say that a Kenyan and has also been implicated in the company, the Rai Group, is a destruction of the Mau Forest in shareholder in Hoima Sugar and is Kenya through logging, according providing the necessary management to press reports. Mau Forest is a key expertise. water tower. It is a catchment for According to Uganda’s National crucial rivers such as the Ewaso Nyiro Forest Authority (NFA), remote and the Mara rivers, whose volumes sensing surveys show that 190ha of have been in decline, largely due to the forest have already been degraded deforestation. despite an injunction issued by the Allowing Hoima Sugar Limited to Uganda Cabinet stopping any clearing convert Bugoma Forest Reserve to of woodland until the boundaries a sugar plantation means a double have been demarcated. gain for the shareholders of Hoima Bugoma Forest Reserve is a Sugar. Besides growing sugar, they but the High Court reinstated the tropical natural forest that is rich in will benefit from the sale of the document on legal technicalities. biodiversity, including endangered mature timber in the cleared area. Handing back tracts of land to chimpanzees. It is also a water At an estimated value of $65,000 tribal kingdoms in Uganda does not catchment for Lake Albert and a per hectare, Hoima Sugar will make allow them to lay claim to natural migratory corridor for wildlife. It was a windfall gain of US $37.5 million resources which still belong to the gazetted as a forest reserve in 1932 from clearing the Bugoma Forest for central government, but this is what and placed under the management sugar cultivation. is happening in Bugoma Forest. of NFA. The forest covers a total of A scrutiny of the ESIA report The NFA is seeking a fresh hearing 41,144ha. shows that the proposed activities at the Court of Appeal and the East The spectre of encroachment was will cause great damage to the forest African Court of Justice and intends unleashed in August 2016 when ecosystem. It does not make sense to submit new evidence. In the the Ministry of Lands, Housing to destroy a natural forest and then meantime, the contested forest area and Urban Development issued seek to plant trees in the “buffer is being cleared with workers and a title deed for 5,770ha (about 22 zones” as suggested in the ESIA equipment guarded by armed police, square miles) of Bugoma Forest report. Governments cannot purport soldiers and private security guards, to Bunyoro-Kitara tribal kingdom to support ecosystem restoration according to environmental activists without following the legal process of and reverse biodiversity loss while who have visited the area.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Bradmore Lunches
    ABBOTT William Abbot of Bradmore received lease from Sir John Willughby 30.6.1543. Robert Abbot married Alice Smyth of Bunny at Bunny 5.10.1566. Henry Sacheverell of Ratcliffe on Soar, Geoffrey Whalley of Idersay Derbyshire, William Hydes of Ruddington, Robert Abbotte of Bradmore, John Scotte the elder, son and heir of late Henry Scotte of Bradmore, and John Scotte the younger, son and heir of Richard Scotte of Bradmore agree 7.1.1567 to levy fine of lands, tenements and hereditaments in Bradmore, Ruddington and Cortlingstocke to William Kinder and Richard Lane, all lands, tenements and hereditaments in Bradmore to the sole use of Geoffrey Walley, and in Ruddington and 1 cottage and land in Bradmore to the use of Robert Abbotte for life and after his death to Richard Hodge. Alice Abbott married Oliver Martin of Normanton at Bunny 1.7.1570. James Abbot of Bradmore 20.10.1573, counterpart lease from Frauncis Willughby Ann Abbott married Robert Dawson of Bunny at Bunny 25.10.1588. Robert Abbot, of Bradmore? married Dorothy Walley of Bradmore at Bunny 5.10.1589. Margery Abbott married Jarvis Hall/Hardall of Ruddington at Bunny 28.11.1596. William Abbot of Bradmore, husbandman, married Jane Barker of Bradmore, widow, at Bunny 27.1.1600, licence issued 19.1.1600. 13.1.1613 John Barker of Newark on Trent, innholder, sold to Sir George Parkyns of Bunny knight and his heirs 1 messuage or tenement in Bradmere now or late in the occupation of William Abbott and Jane his wife; John Barker and his wife Johane covenant to acknowledge a fine of the premises within 7 years.
    [Show full text]
  • Adventures In
    BULLETIN Fall 2009 adventurEs in sCIENCE Ingree’sPort IncludesYear end P re board of trustees 2008–09 Jane Blake Riley ’77, p ’05 President contents James D. Smeallie p ’05, ’09 V ice President Keith C. Shaughnessy p ’04, ’08, ’10 T reasurer Philip G. Lake ’85 4 Pingree Secretary athletes Thanks Anthony G.L. Blackman p ’10 receive Interim Head of School All-American Nina Sacharuk Anderson ’77, p ’09 ’11 honors for stepping up to the plate. Kirk C. Bishop p ’06, ’06, ’08 Tamie Thompson Burke ’76, p ’09 Patricia Castraberti p ’08 7 Malcolm Coates p ’01 Honoring Therese Melden p ’09, ’11 Reflections: Science Teacher Even in our staggering economy, Theodore E. Ober p ’12 from Head of School Eva Sacharuk 16 Oliver Parker p ’06, ’08, ’12 Dr. Timothy M. Johnson Jagruti R. Patel ’84 you helped the 2008–2009 Pingree William L. Pingree p ’04, ’08 3 Mary Puma p ’05, ’07, ’10 annual Fund hit a home run. Leslie Reichert p ’02, ’07 Patrick T. Ryan p ’12 William K. Ryan ’96 Binkley C. Shorts p ’95, ’00 • $632,000 raised Joyce W. Swagerty • 100% Faculty and staff participation Richard D. Tadler p ’09 William J. Whelan, Jr. p ’07, ’11 • 100% Board of trustees participation Sandra Williamson p ’08, ’09, ’10 Brucie B. Wright Guess Who! • 100% class of 2009 participation Pictures from Amy McGowan p ’07, ’10 the archives 26 • 100% alumni leadership Board participation Parents Association President William K. Ryan ’96 • 15% more donations than 2007–2008 A Lumni L eadership Board President Cover Story: • 251 new Pingree donors board of overseers Adventures in Science Alice Blodgett p ’78, ’81, ’82 Susan B.
    [Show full text]
  • Rule of Law the Youth's Perspective
    RULE OF LAW THE YOUTH’S PERSPECTIVE The Rule of Law Champions Initiative Journal 2019 RULE OF LAW THE YOUTH’S PERSPECTIVE THE RULE OF LAW Contact Information 5th Floor, Northern Wing, Social Security House. Plot 4 Jinja Road, Kampala P.O.Box 28611, Kampala, Uganda Email: [email protected] Phone: +256 393 224 509 Centre for Public Interest Law OUR VISION A Uganda where the rule of law is practiced and nurtured in public interest. OUR MISSION To be the leading catalyst for social change in the political and economic sphere through research, advocacy, public interest ligitation, technology and legal aid for vulnerable groups in Uganda. RULE OF LAW, THE YOUTH’S PERSPECTIVE Table of Contents FOREWORD ........................................................................................................ 3 THE RULE OF LAW CHAMPIONS INITIATIVE 2019........................................... 3 MEET THE MENTORS OF THE RULE OF LAW CHAMPIONS INITIATIVE 2019 .................................................................................................... 4 MEET THE RULE OF LAW CHAMPIONS 2019 ................................................... 8 RULE OF LAW IN UGANDA, A YOUNG LAWYER’S PERSPECTIVE ............... 13 CONCLUSION..................................................................................................... 49 2 RULE OF LAW, THE YOUTH’S PERSPECTIVE FOREWORD Jacqueline Ayuya Mukasa, Executive Director. Established in September 2009, CEPIL is a non-profit, non-partisan, non religious organization that aims at upholding the principles of good governance, democracy and human rights by using law to ensure that every citizen in Uganda has equal access to social, economic, and political opportunities without discrimination on the basis of their social standing, religion, political opinion or membership of a political party or organization, and ethnicity. The increasing number of young people in Uganda has led to challenges that need a multi-pronged approach by all stakeholders.
    [Show full text]
  • Designation of Tax Withholding Agents) Notice, 2018
    LEGAL NOTICES SUPPLEMENT No. 7 29th June, 2018. LEGAL NOTICES SUPPLEMENT to The Uganda Gazette No. 33, Volume CXI, dated 29th June, 2018. Printed by UPPC, Entebbe, by Order of the Government. Legal Notice No.12 of 2018. THE VALUE ADDED TAX ACT, CAP. 349. The Value Added Tax (Designation of Tax Withholding Agents) Notice, 2018. (Under section 5(2) of the Value Added Tax Act, Cap. 349) IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred upon the Minister responsible for finance by section 5(2) of the Value Added Tax Act, this Notice is issued this 29th day of June, 2018. 1. Title. This Notice may be cited as the Value Added Tax (Designation of Tax Withholding Agents) Notice, 2018. 2. Commencement. This Notice shall come into force on the 1st day of July, 2018. 3. Designation of persons as tax withholding agents. The persons specified in the Schedule to this Notice are designated as value added tax withholding agents for purposes of section 5(2) of the Value Added Tax Act. 1 SCHEDULE LIST OF DESIGNATED TAX WITHOLDING AGENTS Paragraph 3 DS/N TIN TAXPAYER NAME 1 1002736889 A CHANCE FOR CHILDREN 2 1001837868 A GLOBAL HEALTH CARE PUBLIC FOUNDATION 3 1000025632 A.K. OILS AND FATS (U) LIMITED 4 1000024648 A.K. PLASTICS (U) LTD. 5 1000029802 AAR HEALTH SERVICES (U) LIMITED 6 1000025839 ABACUS PARENTERAL DRUGS LIMITED 7 1000024265 ABC CAPITAL BANK LIMITED 8 1008665988 ABIA MEMORIAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE 9 1002804430 ABIM HOSPITAL 10 1000059344 ABUBAKER TECHNICAL SERVICES AND GENERAL SUPP 11 1000527788 ACTION AFRICA HELP UGANDA 12 1000042267 ACTION AID INTERNATIONAL
    [Show full text]
  • PEOPLE in ENVIRONMENT Quiz
    PEOPLE IN ENVIRONMENT Quiz MAYANGLAMBAM OJIT KUMAR SINGH Fun Fun 4. Who is this Scottish- 1. The publication of the book born American naturalist, called The Silent Spring in author, founder of Sierra 1962 awakened the public to the Club in USA and early threats of pollution and toxic advocate of preservation chemicals to the humans as well of wilderness in the as the other species. Name the United States whose author of this book who is the activism helped to save pioneer of Environmentalism. the Sequoia National Park and other (a) Rachel Carson wilderness areas? (b) Rachel Pearson (a) John Keats b) John Milton (c) Madam Curie c) John Muir d) Teddy Roosevelt (d) Virgenia Woolf 5. Nature is a language and 2. Who is the noted every new fact one learns is a environmentalist, and a follower new word; but it is not a language of Mahatma Gandhi’s taken to pieces and dead in the philosophy of Non-violence and dictionary, but the language put Satyagraha who has been together into a most significant fighting for the preservation of and universal sense. I wish to forests in the Himalayas, first as learn this language, not that I a member of the Chipko may know a new grammar, but movement in 1970s, and later that I may read the great book spearheaded the Anti-Tehri Dam that is written in that tongue. movement starting 1980s, to Who was the leader of early 2004? Transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century who wrote (a) Sunderlal Bhatt the above statement? (b) Sunderlal Beguna (a) Thomas Stone (b) Margaret Fuller (c) Sunderlal Bahuguna (c) Amos Alcott (D) Ralph Waldo Emerson (d) Sunderlal Bisht 3.
    [Show full text]
  • British Art Studies November 2018 Landscape Now British Art Studies Issue 10, Published 29 November 2018 Landscape Now
    British Art Studies November 2018 Landscape Now British Art Studies Issue 10, published 29 November 2018 Landscape Now Cover image: David Alesworth, Unter den Linden, 2010, horticultural intervention, public art project, terminalia arjuna seeds (sterilized) yellow paint.. Digital image courtesy of David Alesworth. PDF generated on 21 July 2021 Note: British Art Studies is a digital publication and intended to be experienced online and referenced digitally. PDFs are provided for ease of reading offline. Please do not reference the PDF in academic citations: we recommend the use of DOIs (digital object identifiers) provided within the online article. Theseunique alphanumeric strings identify content and provide a persistent link to a location on the internet. A DOI is guaranteed never to change, so you can use it to link permanently to electronic documents with confidence. Published by: Paul Mellon Centre 16 Bedford Square London, WC1B 3JA https://www.paul-mellon-centre.ac.uk In partnership with: Yale Center for British Art 1080 Chapel Street New Haven, Connecticut https://britishart.yale.edu ISSN: 2058-5462 DOI: 10.17658/issn.2058-5462 URL: https://www.britishartstudies.ac.uk Editorial team: https://www.britishartstudies.ac.uk/about/editorial-team Advisory board: https://www.britishartstudies.ac.uk/about/advisory-board Produced in the United Kingdom. A joint publication by Contents Lines in the Landscape: Ruins and Reveals in Britain, Corinne Silva and Val Williams Lines in the Landscape: Ruins and Reveals in Britain Corinne Silva and Val Williams Abstract The landscape historian W.G. Hoskins is widely credited as a pioneer of local and landscape history.
    [Show full text]
  • Uganda Gazette Authority
    165 The tiiv. ki n m icor io\xr>A rincfB n>» Rfgisterfd <n the Published (Jenerai Pcti Office f. >r trunsmh u >n within by East Afrtfa <i\ a Newspaper Uganda Gazette Authority Vol. CXIII No. 7 31st January, 2020 Price: Shs. 5,000 CONTENTS Page General Notice No. 93 of 2020. The Marriage Act—Notices............... ... 165 THE MARRIAGE ACT The Commissioners for Oaths (Advocates) [Cap. 251 Revised Edition, 2000] Act—Notices ........................... ... 165-166 NOTICE The Advocates Act—Notices............... ... 166-167 I Under Section 5 of the Act] The Companies Act—Notices.............. ... 167-168 The Insolvency Act—Notices............... ... 168-169 PLACE FOR CELEBRATION OF MARRIAGE The Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Registry No: 12010000026717-00334 Regulations—Notices ............... ... 169 In exercise of the powers conferred upon me by Section The Water Act—Notices ............... ... 169-170 5 of the Marriage Act, 1 hereby license the place of Public The Electricity Act—Notice ............... ... 170 Worship mentioned in the Schedule hereto to be a place for The Engineers Registration Act ... ... 171-185 the celebration of marriages. The Universities and Other Tertiary Institutions SCHEDULE (Management of Constituent Colleges of Makerere University) Statute—Notice ... 186 Church — Kabingo SDA Church The Mining Act—Notice ............... ... 186 Denomination — Adventist The Trademarks Act—Registration of Applications 186-200 Village — Kakizerere II Advertisements ........................... ... 200-232 Parish — Rwenshuri Sub-County — Kagongo Division SUPPLEMENT County — Ibanda Municipality Ordinance District — Ibanda No. 1—The Local Governments (Mityana District) (Maize HON. KAHINDA OTAF1IRE, Quality Control) Ordinance, 2020. Minister ofJustice and Constitutional Affairs. General Notice No. 92 of 2020. General Notice No. 94 of 2020. THE MARRIAGE ACT THE COMMISSIONERS FOR OATHS (Cap.
    [Show full text]
  • Churchyard Inscriptions
    Churchyard Inscriptions Prior to 1999, no accurate plan of Bunny Churchyard was known to exist. The Index of Memorial Inscriptions recorded by Nottinghamshire Family History Society in 1984 was used as a basis for the study and the Churchyard was accurately surveyed during 1999. A few gravestones were missed in the 1984 survey, including that of Mary Champin who died in 1702 (the earliest so far discovered.) The latest gravestone recorded in the work is dated 1984. Against each located grave in the INDEX OF GRAVES is a co-ordinate reference to the CHURCHYARD PLAN, consisting of four figures. The first two indicate the row number in which the grave is to be found and the last two figures indicate its position in that row. Unfortunately the Churchyard plan is not yet available in an electronic form, although it is hoped a copy will be placed within Bunny Church soon. It is also hoped that we will be able to produce a simplified version of the plan to be made available online later in 2009. On the CHURCHYARD PLAN each grave is marked with the name and year of the most recent burial therein. Only the first six letters of the surname and the year are given so as to avoid a cramped notation but this is sufficient to identify the entry in the INDEX. Thus the CHURCHYARD PLAN indicates when the grave was last used. The INDEX, and the CHURCHYARD PLAN, are records of interments marked by a gravestone and the entries should match those in the Register of Burials for Bunny and Bradmore.
    [Show full text]
  • Go Green Club 05-02-2019, Tuesday, Civil Engineering
    Go Green Club 05-02-2019, Tuesday, Civil Engineering. It seems to me that the natural world is the greatest source of excitement; the greatest source of visual beauty; the greatest source of intellectual interest. It is the greatest source of so much in life that makes life worth living. – David Attenborough Sir David Frederick Attenborough was born on 8 May 1926, an English broadcaster and natural historian. He is best known for writing and presenting, in conjunction with the BBC Natural History Unit, the 9 natural history documentary series forming the Life collection that together constitute a comprehensive survey of animal and plant life on Earth. He is a former senior manager at the BBC, having served as controller of BBC Two and director of programming for BBC Television in the 1960s and 1970s. Attenborough is widely considered a national treasure in Britain, although he himself does not like the term. In 2002 he was named among the 100 Greatest Britons following a UK-wide poll for the BBC. He is the younger brother of the director, producer and actor Richard Attenborough, and older brother of the motor executive John Attenborough. At least 15 species and genera, both living and extinct, have been named in Attenborough's honour. One among them is a new species of fan-throated lizard from coastal Kerala in Southern India was named Sitana attenboroughii in his honour when it was described in 2018. So far He has received more than 40 awards at International level. Student Office Bearers, 2018-19. Mr. Erik Jomy Mathai (S7 ECE), Ms.
    [Show full text]
  • Download the 2015 Leicestershire Historian
    No 51 (2015) Published by the Leicestershire Archaeological and Historical Society LEICESTERSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY Founded in 1855 Join the County's Premier Archaeological and Historical Society..... .....if you have an interest in archaeology, local history, churches, historic buildings, heraldry, history or any other topic concerned with Leicestershire's past. Individual Membership costs only £20 a year and this entitles you to: • Your own copy of ‘Transactions’, the Society’s major annual reference work for Leicestershire • Your own copy of the ‘Leicestershire Historian’ with the best essays and articles from local researchers, and a major review of recent local publications • Two Newsletters every year to keep you informed about all that’s happening locally • Free access to a fine collection of resources in the Society’s Library in the Guildhall • Attend a season of fascinating talks and lectures for free • Access to visits, history fairs, guided walks and special events Family Membership for two or more family members at one address costs £25, Student Membership costs £6 Full members receive all Society publications, students members receive the two Newletters If you would like to join the Society, or require further details, please contact The Honorary Membership Secretary, Matthew Beamish, LAHS c/o ULAS, School of Archaeology & Ancient History, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester. LE1 7RH Tel. 0116 2525234 Email [email protected] www.le.ac.uk/lahs ‘Connecting history, heritage and archaeology groups across Leicestershire and Rutland’ Editor: Joyce Lee. All contributions should be sent to the Editor, The Guildhall, Guildhall Lane, Leicester. LE1 5FQ Email [email protected] Reviews Editor: Cynthia Brown, Leicestershire Archaeological and Historical Society, The Guildhall, Guildhall Lane, Leicester.
    [Show full text]
  • Hoima District Investment Profile
    HOIMA DISTRICT INVESTMENT PROFILE Uganda HOIMA DISTRICT | Figure 1: Map of Uganda showing the location of Hoima District 2 ARUA DISTRICT INVESTMENT PROFILE SNAPSHOT ONHOIMA Geography Location Western Uganda Neighbours Masindi, Buliisa, Kyankwazi, Kibaale, DRC District area 5,735.3 Km2 Arable land area 3,612.2 Km2 (67%) Socio-Economic Characteristics Population (2016 projection) 617,600 Refugees and Asylum seekers (April 2017) 45,000 Languages Runyoro, Main Economic Activity Agriculture Major tradeable Cassava, Maize, Sweet Potatoes, Rice Infrastructure and strategic positioning Transport network Road Communication: MTN, Airtel, Africel, UTL, the internet Website www www.hoima.go.ug .go.ug GEOGRAPHY  Hoima District is located in the distance of about 220 km from mid-western region of Uganda. Kampala. It has risen to become a It shares boarders with Masindi major destination for the country and Buliisa Districts in the North, thought after investment following Kyankwazi District in the East, and the discovery of crude oil. Kibaale District in the South. The  The district has a total area of district stretches to the national 5,735.3 Km2 with a land area of boundary of DRC in the Western. The 3,612.17 Km2. The western border is District Headquarters is situated at completely covered by Lake Albert Hoima Municipal Council, a road amounting to 2,123.13 Km2 of water. ARUA DISTRICT INVESTMENT PROFILE 3 DEMOGRAPHY  The population of Hoima District  Refugees are hosted in Kyang- is estimated at 617,600 people. wali refugee settlement located Though the district is mostly in the South West of the district.
    [Show full text]
  • Young Knights of the Empire: the Impact of Chivalry on Literature and Propaganda of the First World War
    Durham E-Theses Young Knights of the Empire: The Impact of Chivalry on Literature and Propaganda of the First World War SOMOGYI, ASHLEY,CLARA,GABRIELLE How to cite: SOMOGYI, ASHLEY,CLARA,GABRIELLE (2018) Young Knights of the Empire: The Impact of Chivalry on Literature and Propaganda of the First World War , Durham theses, Durham University. Available at Durham E-Theses Online: http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/12603/ Use policy The full-text may be used and/or reproduced, and given to third parties in any format or medium, without prior permission or charge, for personal research or study, educational, or not-for-prot purposes provided that: • a full bibliographic reference is made to the original source • a link is made to the metadata record in Durham E-Theses • the full-text is not changed in any way The full-text must not be sold in any format or medium without the formal permission of the copyright holders. Please consult the full Durham E-Theses policy for further details. Academic Support Oce, Durham University, University Oce, Old Elvet, Durham DH1 3HP e-mail: [email protected] Tel: +44 0191 334 6107 http://etheses.dur.ac.uk 2 Young Knights of the Empire: The Impact of Chivalry on Literature and Propaganda of the First World War Ashley Somogyi Submitted in Requirement for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy Department of English Studies Durham University 2018 The copyright of this thesis rests with the author. No quotation from it should be published without the author's prior written consent and information derived from it should be acknowledged.
    [Show full text]