MUBFS/Kibale

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Memorandum of Agreement
By and Between:
The Makerere University Institute of Environment and Natural Resources, The University of Florida Research Foundation,
and
Organization for Ecology and Conservation in Uganda
For
The Operation and Betterment of the Makerere University Biological Field Station in Kibale National Park, Uganda

     Makerere University is the leading Educational and Research Institution of the Nation of Uganda, and Makerere, through the Makerere University Institute of Environment and Natural Resources (MUIENR), currently owns and operates Makerere University Biological Field Station (MUBFS), one of the world's foremost research and training centers for tropical ecology and conservation.

     The University of Florida Research Foundation (UFRF) is a non-profit corporation of the State of Florida dedicated to the support of research.

     The Organization for Ecology and Conservation in Uganda (OECU) is an informal association of research scientists who have a current active research or training project at MUBFS.

     Makerere University Institute of Environment and Natural Resources expresses its continued willingness to plan for and manage the MUBFS in a manner consistent with its national and international role and status. This will, among other things, require consulting members of the Organization for Ecology and Conservation in Uganda, the University of Florida Research Foundation, and other stakeholders of any proposed changes in its operations.

     The University of Florida Research Foundation expresses its commitment to seek sponsors and donors of the needed financial support and to provide fiscal management and husbandry of funds received for this purpose. However, day-to-day financial management will remain the responsibility of the MUIENR, on the basis of mutually agreed guidelines.

     The Organization for Ecology and Conservation in Uganda expresses its willingness to provide advice and guidance to Makerere University Institute of Environment and Natural Resources and the University of Florida Research Foundation in establishing future goals and visions for the Field Station, to provide consultation on changes in the research station's operations to enhance its effectiveness in support of their research programs, and to seek fellowship support for Ugandan students to conduct research at the station. To be a member of the Organization for Ecology and Conservation in Uganda an individual scientist must have a currently active project at the Field Station or have had such a project in the past.

     The intention of the parties is to establish a long-term viability of the Field Station though the establishment of an endowment fund whose earnings will provide a stable source of income to cover the basic operations of the Field Station. Additional grants will be sought for upgrades and improvements to the Field Stations Facilities.

     Those individuals whose signature appear below agree to form the initial membership of Organization for Ecology and Conservation in Uganda and commit to supporting the goals described herein. The authorized institutional official of Makerere University Institute of Environment and Natural Resources and the University of Florida Research Foundation, by their signatures below, commit their institutions to supporting the goals described herein.

MAKERERE UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES

UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION

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Dr. Panta Kasoma

Tom Walsh

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Date

Date

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Witness    Date Witness    Date

Jacques van Alphen
Inst. of Evolutionary and Ecological Science
University of Leiden

Paul Brakefield
Inst. of Evolutionary and Ecological Science
University of Leiden

Thomas Butynski
African Biodiversity Program
Nairobi

Colin Chapman
Dept. of Zoology
University of Florida

Lauren Chapman
Dept. of Zoology
University of Florida

Tom Crisman
Center for Wetlands
University of Florida

Christine Dranzoa
Department of Zoology
Makerere University

Jim Else
Ministry of Tourism, Wildlife, and Antiquities

Frietson Galis
Institute for Evolutionary and Ecological Sciences
University of Leiden

Marc Hauser
Department of Anthropology
Harvard University

Ismo Hollopainen
Department of Biology
University of Joensuu

Gilbert Isabirye-Basuta
Dept. of Zoology
Makerere University

John Kasenene
Dept. of Botany
Makerere University

Panta Kasoma
MUIENR
Makerere University

Les Kaufman
Department of Biology
Boston University

Julian Kerbis
Division of Mammals
Field Museum of Natural History

Joanna Lambert
Department of Anthropology
University of Oregon

Jerry Lwanga
MUBFS
Makerere University

Peter Lucus
Department of Anatomy
University of Hong Kong

John Mitani
Department of Anthropology
University of Michigan

Tim Moermond
Department of Zoology
University of Wisconsin

Arthur Mugisha
Ugandan Wildlife Authority

Lisa Naughton-Treves
Department of Geography
University of Wisconsin

Matti Nummelin
TAFORI
Tanzania

William Olupot
Department of Biological Science
Purdue University

Derek Pomeroy
MUIENR
Makerere University

Rudy Rudran
Smithsonian Institute

Tom Struhsaker
Department of Biological Anthropology and Anatomy
Duke University

Rosie Trevelyan
Tropical Biology Association
Cambridge University

Peter Waser
Department of Biological Sciences
Purdue University

David Watts
Department of Anthropology
Yale University

Richard Wrangham
Department of Anthropology
Harvard University