Ugandan communities plant 4,053 trees to rebuild a wildlife buffer near Bwindi

Bwindi Impenetrable Forest. Image Credit: Ron Van Oers/Wikipedia Communities living beside Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrable National Park have planted 4,053 agroforestry trees across 40 hectares of land, beginning the restoration of a damaged buffer zone around one of Africa’s most important rainforest landscapes. The work aims to improve habitat, support local livelihoods and reduce pressure on the critically important forest that shelters endangered mountain gorillas. According to Trillion Trees, the restoration effort is being led by local communities and forms part of a wider programme to recover degraded forests in important landscapes around the world.How are 4,053 trees rebuilding a damaged wildlife buffer around BwindiBwindi Impenetrable National Park is one of Uganda’s most significant natural areas, and the land surrounding it plays an important role in protecting the forest from growing pressure. The newly restored 40 hectares lie in buffer zones around the edge of the park, where communities have begun increasing tree cover through agroforestry.The Trillion Trees report describes Bwindi as habitat for the endangered mountain gorilla and says that restoring trees in the surr...