Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrable Forest is home to 370 mountain gorillas – about half the world’s remaining population – the rest in neighbouring Rwanda and war-torn Congo. Wildlife tourism is the nation’s second biggest foreign currency earner, And authorities hope the new campaign will draw more g...
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Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park, which covers 331 km2, is located in the southwest corner of Uganda near the borders of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. There are 4 groups of gorillas that have been habituated to humans, three in the northwest section of the park and one in ...
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Bwindi Community Hospital provides health care to some of the poorest people in the world, most of which are afflicted with devastating diseases such as malaria, tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, and diarrhea, which are considered the biggest killers in their region. Their leading-edge fingerprint identif...
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Ontmoet de zeldzame bergorilla in zijn eigen leefomgeving. Habari Travel verzorgt de noodzakelijke 'Gorilla permits' waarmee de gorilla families alleen onder leiding van deskundige reisgidsen bezocht kunnen worden. Er zijn nog maar 650 berggorillas in deze omgeving. Gorilla trekking in Oeganda. B...
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"Friend a gorilla" — that curious proposal is now possible thanks to the Internet. Supporters of the highly endangered animals are being invited to sponsor a member of a gorilla community in Uganda’s Bwindi forest. Celebrities have also lent their names to the cause, and hiked out this wee...
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Explore Eastern Africa on a Serengeti safari, trek up Mount Kilimanjaro, or tiptoe past endangered gorillas in mountain jungles. East Africa offers adventures of all kinds, and the chance to relax on sensational island beaches too.
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For Uganda, it’s also a good piece of environmental marketing. Three Hollywood actors trekked into the rainforest to publicise the project. Comedy actor Jason Biggs. said coming face-to-face with humankind’s closest genetic relative was like meeting an old friend.
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Internet users can chose any one of 76 gorillas to befriend through Facebook, and then follow regular video and photo updates of the day-to-day dramas of gorilla life. For Londoner Doug Gillies, it’s a catchy idea — and for a good cause.
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Uganda’s population of endangered mountain gorillas has been introduced to the online world of social networking, thanks to a new website launched by the Uganda Wildlife Authority. Officials are launching a "Friend a Gorilla" website to allow readers to become friends with the animals on the Fac...
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