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Ugandan Villagers Learn To Live In Harmony With Mountain Gorillas

Ugandan Villagers Learn To Live In Harmony With Mountain Gorillas

8 January 1996

Uganda's Bwindi impenetrable forest, rich in biodiversity, is also a wildlife reserve for the endangered mountain gorilla. Its survival is indirectly dependent on the farming practices of adjacent local communities. under the direction of the international Centre for Agroforestry, which is supported by the UN, Ugandans are taught farming practices which preserve the gorilla's habitat.

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News & Features / Features / UN in Action
Subject Topical
ENVIRONMENT
AGRICULTURE
ENDANGERED SPECIES
BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
WILDLIFE
AGROFORESTRY
ANIMALS
Geographic Subject
AFRICA
UGANDA
MAMS Id
UNA0430
Parent Id
UNA0430

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Uganda's Bwindi impenetrable forest, rich in biodiversity, is also a wildlife reserve for the endangered mountain gorilla. Its survival is indirectly dependent on the farming practices of adjacent local communities. under the direction of the international Centre for Agroforestry, which is supported by the UN, Ugandans are taught farming practices which preserve the gorilla's habitat.

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