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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).
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).
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 ...
A collaborative management process has had some success in the Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. The forest was designated a national park in 1991; this occurred with little community consultation and the new status prohibited local people from accessing resources within the park as well as reducing economic opportunities.
Location Year listed UNESCO data Description Bwindi Impenetrable National Park: Kanungu: 1994 682; vii, x (natural) The park is located in the Albertine Rift. It is located at the intersection of three ecological zones and likely acted as a Pleistocene refugium.
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Uganda is home to a vast number of species, including a population of mountain gorillas in the Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, gorillas and golden monkeys in the Mgahinga Gorilla National Park, and hippos in the Murchison Falls National Park. [79] Jackfruit can also be found throughout the country. [80]
A piece of fossilized vomit, dating back to when dinosaurs roamed the earth, was discovered in Denmark, the Museum of East Zealand said on Monday. A local amateur fossil hunter made the find on ...