Ugandans plant trees near national park to keep people out of gorillas’ habitat
The campaign supplies medicinal and firewood trees outside the park as gorilla numbers rise above 1,000, conservationists said.
- On World Gorilla Day, celebrated annually on September 24, communities near Bwindi Impenetrable National Park marked the occasion by planting trees to reduce human pressure on the forest habitat.
- While Bwindi Impenetrable Forest supports about 450 mountain gorillas—nearly half the global population—Christina Katushabe, founder of Change a Life Bwindi, noted that forest habitat size remains static despite rising gorilla numbers.
- The Uganda Wildlife Authority distributes seedlings to nearby schools and groups, including the Batwa, an Indigenous community, so residents can harvest resources without encroaching on the protected park.
- Tourists pay $800 in permit fees to trek through the forest, funding conservation efforts; Eunice Owembabazi said planting trees ensures "we people and the gorillas do not inconvenience each other."
- The outlook for mountain gorillas has been positive since a 2018 survey showed the population exceeded 1,000, and Davis Musinguzi, a student at Ruhijja Seed Secondary School, said the community is dedicated to protecting the forest.
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Ugandans plant trees near national park to keep people out of gorillas habitat - The Tribune
In the tangled greenery of a Ugandan national park, mountain gorillas sit among the leaves, calmly carrying on as tourists trek into their forest home. Many gorilla families are used to people, but while their population grows, the forest available to them does not. Communities have planted trees for medicine, firewood and crafts along the […]
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Ugandans plant trees near national park to keep people out of gorillas’ habitat
Mountain gorillas in Uganda's Bwindi Impenetrable National Park are seeing their population grow, but their forest habitat is not expanding.
Uganda community plants trees to protect mountain gorillas
About 450 mountain gorillas live in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in south-western Uganda. The apes are threatened by deforestation, but local communities are working to protect their habitat by planting trees, in the hope of reducing pressure on the forest.
Communities in Uganda have planted trees for medicine, firewood and handicrafts along the edge of a national park in an attempt to reduce pressure on gorilla habitats.
Bwindi Forest is home to around 450 mountain gorillas, which makes up almost half of their total remaining world population.
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