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"One of the biggest threats against cranes is poisoning by the farmers. This is because the birds are causing a lot of crop damage," Gilbert Tayebwa, a conservation officer at ICF, told BBC.

Sarah Kugonza, an ICF conservationist, said the cranes also face a host of other threats - not just from farmers.

"Some people have been caught hunting cranes to take some of their body parts to witch doctors in a belief that they will get rich. Or, if you are a woman, your husband will never leave you," Mr Tayebwa from ICF said.

The ICF has also recruited custodians to monitor and ensure that the cranes' breeding grounds are protected.

The report, published Wednesday by the ICF Climate Center, examines global warming projections in Justice40 communities — those identified by the federal government as marginalized, underserved and overburdened by pollution.