Why Uganda´s Bushfires Aren’t All Bad
By Yvonne de Jong & Tom Butynski
Posted on the National Geographic Explorers Journal on June 15, 2015
During our field surveys to better understand the primate diversity of north-eastern Uganda, we seek the least traveled routes and those areas for which primates have never been surveyed. Our explorations often yield data for species other than primates, and get us into some interesting situations.
Fire Season
For two weeks in February 2015 we moved through northern Uganda to assess the primate community at multiple sites. This is the middle of the dry season with the rains not expected until March. During the dry months, large, raging, bushfires are common in Uganda. On several occasions we drive towards curtains of smoke and bushfires.
We stop to scan for birds and primates south of Adjumani, north Uganda. (Photograph by Yvonne de Jong and Tom Butynski)
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