UWA’s statutory revenue sharing program directs 20 percent of annual gate receipts to parish-level community projects in districts bordering the park.
In the 2022 to 2023 financial year, the Murchison Falls Conservation Area generated approximately UGX 12 billion in tourism revenue, translating to roughly UGX 2.4 billion allocated to surrounding communities through the sharing mechanism.
Parish development committees prioritize spending on school construction, borehole drilling, and health clinic upgrades based on quarterly local needs assessments.
The following community conservation and enterprise programs currently operate within the Murchison Falls Conservation Area buffer zones:
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- Boomu Women’s Group operates a community campsite and craft enterprise on the Masindi side of the park, generating income for approximately 40 women from Kihaguzi parish through accommodation fees and guided nature walks.
- Mubako Cultural Camp sits adjacent to the park’s southern boundary and hosts evening cultural performances and campsite accommodation, employing roughly 25 community members from surrounding Banyoro settlements.
- Community Wildlife Conservancies in Nwoya and Buliisa districts manage communal grazing lands and wildlife corridors under agreements facilitated by the African Wildlife Foundation, covering approximately 15,000 hectares of buffer zone habitat.
- AWF Community Land Use Planning programs in Nwoya District have mapped and demarcated over 8,000 hectares of community land since 2018, formalizing tenure arrangements that reduce encroachment into the park’s gazetted boundary.