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How can a mobile museum save biodiversity?

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Julius Mugambwa | Wolf Gebhardt
September 28, 2026

Uganda's herbal medicine tradition is facing extinction. But children in rural communities are learning about medicinal plants and how to save them thanks to a mobile museum.

A mobile museum in Uganda is bringing traditional medicine and environmental knowledge directly to schoolchildren. Through medicinal plants and other exhibits, young people learn how remedies have been used across generations — and how deforestation and drought threaten this knowledge. The project aims to preserve cultural traditions, protect biodiversity and inspire a new generation to value nature.

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