Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

A recent survey documented 459 mountain gorillas (gorilla beringei beringei), the largest number of mountain gorillas ever recorded in the transboundary Bwindi-Sarambwe ecosystem, one of the two remaining areas where this Endangered great ape is still found. When combined with the published figure of 604 mountain gorillas from the Virunga Massif as detected as of 2016, the global figure of known mountain gorillas increases to 1,063. Mountain Gorillas in their habitat, Bwindi-Sarambwe mountain gorilla population has of recent grown to 459 individuals-the largest number of mountain gorillas ever recorded in the transboundary Bwindi-Sarambwe ecosystem In the area encompassing Bwindi Impenetrable…