Ndyakira Ntamuhiira Amooti (1955 or 1956 – 25 August 1999) was a Ugandan children's writer, journalist and environmentalist, awarded the Global 500 Roll of Honour and winner of the Goldman Environment Prize.

He reported on various environmental issues, such as endangered mountain gorillas, the forests of Bwindi, and illegal mining and poaching.

He also called attention to the business of smuggling of rare animals for the purpose of exposition or laboratory experiments, in particular endangered chimpanzees and parrots.

[2] In 1993, he was awarded the Global 500 Roll of Honour of the United Nations Environment Programme.

The books are about environmental issues, written for children from nine to twelve years old, and the story's principal character is the young man "Kazoora".