A Ugandan conservationist working to preserve the African golden cat won the second-ever Emerging Conservationist award from the Indianapolis Prize. Mwezi “Badru” Mugerwa will receive a $ ...

He established the first-ever community-based anti-poaching conservation project focused on the African golden cat at Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park in Uganda. Mugerwa also created the ...

Mugerwa will receive a $50,000 award. Mugerwa is a Ugandan conservationist and researcher and is the founder and director of Embaka, a grassroots community-based conservation organization focused on ...

Mwezi “Badru” Mugerwa, who works to protect rarely seen African golden cats, is the winner of this year’s Indianapolis Prize Emerging Conservationist Award, officials announced Tuesday.