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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). The forest contains around 160 species of trees and over 100 species of ferns. [1] Bwindi Impenetrable Forest Reserve was set up in 1942 on the rim of the Rift Valley. [2]
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is important for the conservation of the afromontane fauna, especially species endemic to the Western Rift Valley's mountains. [14] It is thought to have one of the richest faunal communities in East Africa, including more than 350 bird species and more than 200 butterfly species. [ 1 ]
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 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 ...
The Institute of Tropical Forest Conservation (ITFC) is a post-graduate research institute based in the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, [1] in south-western Uganda.The institute is a semi-autonomous part of Mbarara University of Science and Technology and is focused on research, training, and monitoring for conservation management in the Albertine Rift ecoregion.
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.
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.
This is a list of areas of existing old-growth forest which include at least 10 acres (4.0 hectares) of old growth. Ecoregion information from "Terrestrial Ecoregions of the World". [ 1 ]