Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is a forested park in southwestern Uganda, on the edge of the Albertine Rift, whose dense mountain and lowland rainforest is one of the oldest and most biologically diverse in Africa. It is best known as home to about half of the world's remaining mountain gorillas, and tourists can join regulated treks to see habituated groups, which provide income for local communities and help pay for conservation. The area was protected as a forest reserve earlier and became a national park in 1991, and it was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1994. Besides gorillas, it shelters chimpanzees, forest elephants, many species of birds, butterflies and trees.
Before and after
- from 1991 to 2000Chechen Republic of Ichkeria
- 1991Creation of Classic Visual Basic
- 1991Launch of AllMusic
- 1991Founding of European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
- 1991Establishment of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
- 1991Rise of Voluntary Human Extinction Movement
- 1991Founding of Central European University
- 1991Rise of electronica
- 1991Establishment of Rwenzori Mountains National Park
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