Ugandans plant trees near national park to keep people out of gorillas’ habitat
Ugandan residents are planting trees near Bwindi Impenetrable National Park to help protect the growing mountain gorilla population by discouraging human encroachment into their habitat.
BWINDI, Uganda (AP) — 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...
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