Uganda’s Grey Crowned Crane numbers reduce due to environmental degradation

Anywar said Cabinet has directed that all encroachers in the government forest reserves, lakeshores, and riverbanks should be evicted and the affected ecosystems restored.

State Minister for environment Beatrice Anywar said due to the destruction of the wetlands, its habitat, the birds have reduced from 100,000 in 1996 to 10,000 in 2016. (Courtesy Photo)