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03 August 2015
Mountain Gorilla Conservation Campaign
Since the discovery of the mountain gorilla subspecies in 1902, its population has suffered years of habitat destruction, diseases, wars and hunting a combination so severe that it was once thought this very rare primate is at the verge of extinction. The major threat to mountain gorilla conservation is highlighted below:
The Mountain Gorilla Conservation & Community Livelihood Campaign seeks equity between meeting the needs of the local population and preserving the protected areas and involves improving the livelihood of local communities, alll under the theme "Conserving of Mgahinga Gorilla National Park through Skills Development and Community Livelihood Improvement."
In Uganda, Mountain gorillas are found in Mgahinga Gorilla National Park and Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in South Western Uganda; Mgahinga Gorilla National Park was gazetted in 1991. This prohibited local people from accessing resources within the park as well as reduced economic opportunities. However schemes were developed to provide benefits to the communities neighboring the National Park. These included controlled harvesting of resources in the park; receipt of some revenue from tourism and now the establishment of Community Enterprise Centre in Rwerere for community development so that there is more willingness to take part in gorilla protection.
Activities: