Mountain Gorilla Conservation in Uganda
Conservation of Mountain Gorillas in Uganda: Mountain gorillas are a threatened species that live in hilly regions. Other gorillas live in Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park, while the other gorillas are found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Virunga Mountains and Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park and Mgahinga National Park in southwest Uganda.
There are just 880 mountain gorillas remaining in the world, and the only isolated, heavily fortified region with significant strongholds to preserve this species is Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. There are numerous risks to these endangered species, and conservation is the only way to address them.
Gorilla conservation in Uganda is carried out in the following ways:
The public health organization, a non-profit, is responsible for gorilla conservation. In order to stop diseases from spreading from people to mountain gorillas and vice versa, the group works together.
By monitoring them, conducting surveys, spearheading outreach initiatives, and educating the public, the members of the organization responsible for mountain gorilla conservation encourage the local population to adopt improved health and hygiene practices that benefit the mountain gorillas.
In order to draw tourists and prevent illness transmission to the gorillas by trekkers, mountain gorilla conservation continues to upgrade the facilities.
The financing for data from gorilla surveys has been upgraded by the Uganda Wildlife Authority. In order to protect border crossings and prevent illicit commerce, Uganda has bolstered the UN forces in the gorilla area. Additionally, the park headquarters manager and park rangers have received more long-term training to ensure that poaching of the gorillas is prevented.
In order to save the mountain gorillas, anti-corruption campaigns are promoted in Uganda. Above all, people are urged to discuss and exchange ideas about mountain gorillas since this would contribute to the development of more solutions for gorilla conservation in Uganda.