Uganda

Uganda is an equatorial country located in Central Africa. Its southwestern border runs along Lake Victoria, one of the world’s biggest freshwater lakes. Uganda’s terrain features a dominant plateau circled by mountains. Most of the country is used for human activities, in its majority by rainfed agriculture. Uganda has high biodiversity rarity of terrestrial land vertebrates at a global scale. When analysed as single taxons, the rarity of amphibians, birds, mammals and reptiles is also high. Challenges to biodiversity include wetlands degradation; deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; water pollution; and wildlife poaching.