Category Archive: Mark O’s blog

Apr 11

Scrambling up the Albertine Escarpment, Uganda

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Africa, Mark O's blog, Uganda, vEcotours

Today we are travelling to the Albertine Graben region in the East African Rift Valley. I visited this area to perform an environmental impact assessment (EIA) for the Chinese oil giant, CNOOC, as the Rift Valley is thought to contain large amounts of natural gas and oil. To access the site I had to climb …

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Feb 13

Presenting vEco’s first blogger: Mark O!

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Africa, Mark O's blog, News, Stories from the Field, Team vEco, Uganda

by Mark Olokotum

My name is Mark Olokotum alias Mark O! I am the main photographer and tour guide for vEcotourism.org in Uganda, and will be bringing vEco content from East Africa as well as presenting vEco materials to local communities. I invite you to “Be part of the conversation and conservation”! I hold a BSc in Fisheries …

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