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The Pian Upe Wildlife Reserve is a conservation area in the Karamoja subregion of northeastern Uganda. It is the second largest conservation protected area in Uganda. == Location == == History == The southern part of the reserve was gazetted as the Debasien Animal Sanctuary in 1958. A government-led project to convert land just south of the Greek River for agriculture threatened the viability of wildlife conservation in the whole area. In 1964 the area was expanded northward and renamed Pian-Upe Game Reserve.A 2003 proposal to degazette the reserve in order to farm fruit on the land was blocked. == Geology == There is a hot spring potential for Geothermal tapping at Cheposukunya. Further to that, there are Mercury wells at Mt. Kadam. The reserve features semi arid climate with one rain season annually. == Biology == === Plants === Most of the reserve is covered by undisturbed grassland and wooded grassland. SOURCESWikipedia