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The Bwindi Impenetrable Forest is a large primeval forest located in south-western Uganda and is located in three districts of Kisoro, Kabale and Kanungu. The Bwindi forest is on the edge of the Albertine Rift , the western branch of the East African Rift , at elevations ranging from 1,160 to 2,607 metres (3,806 to 8,553 ft).
In 1991, the Impenetrable Central Forest Reserve, along with the Mgahinga Gorilla Reserve and the Rwenzori Mountains Reserve, was designated as a national park and renamed the Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. [1] [4]: 233 It covered an area of 330.8 square kilometres (127.7 sq mi).
Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, a primeval forest located in southwestern Uganda; Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, a park containing much of Bwindi Impenetrable Forest; Bwindi gorilla, a population of mountain gorillas found in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest; The 1999 Bwindi massacre of eight Western tourists to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park by ...
The Echuya Central Forest Reserve is a forest reserve in Uganda. This typical tropical rainforest covers approximately 34 km 2 and is located at the intersection of Kisoro and Rubanda districts . It is one of the few remaining tropical rain forests in Uganda.
The Batwa of Uganda were forest dwellers who lived by gathering and hunting as their main source of food. Dancing Batwa in Uganda. They are believed to have lived in the Bwindi Impenetrable and Mgahinga National parks that border the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda living mainly in areas bordering other Bantu Tribes.
The forest clearance is ongoing and is a major threat to the ecology of the region, and to the forests as an important carbon store. [ 5 ] The violent political and rebel history of the region in recent times has also caused damage to the ecological balance, for example almost eliminating the population of African bush elephants from Virunga ...
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A nest made of dry grasses and strips and fibres of plants was found in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest in 1998. Squirrels later destroyed the nest. [4] In 2007, a cup-shaped nest made of liverworts and ferns was found in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest. It was built on a branch of a tree and contained three nestlings.