Wiki Loves Earth is an international photographic competition to promote natural heritage sites around the world through Wikimedia projects mainly Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons.
In Uganda, the Wikimedia Community Usergroup is participating for the third time and invites all interested volunteers to join this year's competition! There are a lot of natural heritage sites in Uganda; the goal of Wiki Loves Earth is to encourage people to take pictures of those natural sites, and to put them under a free license so that others may access them through the Internet. The local competition will run from 01 July 2021 to 31 August 2021. (when local winners will be submitted to the international competition)
Local entries will be accepted starting on 05 July 2021 until 08 August 2021. You may upload as many pictures as you want of natural sites that you have visited. The pictures don't have to be taken in July, but need to be uploaded during the competition time frame to be considered, see selection criteria.
If you have Pictures of natural sites stored on your computer since your last trip, this is a great opportunity to give them a second life in this year's Wiki Loves Earth contest.
The contest jury will begin selecting national winners on 09 August 2021 and will choose the best 10 pictures of the natural sites in Uganda, which will be considered in the international competition for a prize.
Besides winning prizes, your pictures could be used (by yourself or anyone else) on any Wikimedia project to contribute to the preservation of Uganda's natural heritage.
Due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, and national lockdown, there will be limited offline events and gatherings during this competition.
Most of the activities will be done through online discussions, communication (using Zoom/hangouts platforms), mobile phone contacts of participants and photographers.
Step 1: Find protected areas, natural monuments, parks, or protected areas to photograph near you!
Step 2: Take as many beautiful pictures as possible, try different angles. Even if the photo does not win a prize, it can help improve a selected Wikimedia project!
Step 3: Make a selection of the best images, describe, name, and add other relevant details.
Step 4: Log in to Wikimedia Commons. If you don't have an account yet Create one - and activate your email address.
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