The proposed study sites lie along shores the of Lake Albert in the western arm of the East African Rift Valley where Uganda borders with the Democratic Republic of Congo and are in the districts of Buliisa and Hoima.
Eneo lililokusudiwa kufanyiwa utafiti liko ufuoni wa ziwa la Albert magharibi mwa Bonde la Ufa la Afrika Mashariki mpakani mwa Uganda na jamhuri ya demokrasia ya congo katika mikoa ya Buliisa na Hoima.