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Mountain Gorillas in the Post-Rio Era. Ursula Karlowski University of Rostock. Republic of Uganda tropical highland climate Area : 236.860 qkm - equivalent to the size of former BRD; 18% lake and swamp area (circa 40.000 qkm) Capital city Kampala ca. 1,8 Mio. inhabitants
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Mountain Gorillas in the Post-Rio Era Ursula Karlowski University of Rostock
Republic of Uganda tropical highland climate Area: 236.860 qkm - equivalent to the size of former BRD; 18% lake and swamp area (circa 40.000 qkm) Capital city Kampala ca. 1,8 Mio. inhabitants Population: approx. 27 Millions, growth rate: 3,5% Head of State: Yoweri Kaguta Museveni since 29.01.1986 after civil war, elected in 1996, re-elected for 5 years on 12.03.2001, and again for 5 years on 23.02.2006 Ruling party: National Resistance Movement (NRM)
East Suadanian savanna Victoria Basin forest savanna mosaic Ruwenzori-Virunga montane moorlands Northern Acacia-Commiphora bushland and thickets Lake vegetational zones potential forest cover Albertine Rift montane forests
forest UGANDA
1 - Bwindi Impenetrable Forest 2 – Echuya Forest 3 – Mgahinga Forest
Dr. Dian Fossey Dian Fossey‘s grave in Karisoke, Rwanda
Mountain GorillasGorilla beringei beringei Photo: Jörg Hess • appr. 380 individuals live in the Virungas • 28 family-groups, plus 11 solitary males • the subspecies is CRITICALLY ENDANGERED according to the IUCN Red List http://www.wildlifedirect.org/gorillaprotection/
Current Numbers and Geographic Ranges of Africa's Great Apes
Muhavura Sabinio Gahinga 4000 m 3000 m 2000 m East West Virunga Volcanoes (Uganda)
Afromontane and afroalpine archipelago-like floristic region
altitudinal zonation of vegetation • Afromontane Cloud Forest (2300 - 2600 m) • Bamboo Forest (2600 - 3000 m) • Hagenia-Hypericum Forest (2900 - 3300 m) • Ericaceous Zone (3300 - 3500 m) • Afroalpine zone or ‘Paramo‘ (3500 - 4127 m)
Impatiens niamniamensis Balsaminaceae
Impatiens apiculata Balsaminaceae
Epipactis africana Orchidaceae
bamboo: Sinarundinaria alpina Poaceae
Hagenia abyssinicaRosaceae Hagenia abyssinicaRosaceae
Polystachya kermesina Orchidaceae
Afroalpine Communities 3500 - 4127 m Dendro-Senecio Dendro-Lobelia
Giant Rosette Plants: Dendro-Lobelia and Dendrosenecio Woodlands
confusing boundary changes nature conservation at Mgahinga Forest
Gorilla Sanctuary 1930 - 1964 Mgahinga Forest Reserve 1941 - 1951 Mgahinga Forest Reserve 1951 - 1977
Gorilla Game Reserve 1964 - 1991 Mgahinga Forest Reserve 1977 - 1991 Mgahinga Gorilla National Park 1991 up to now
phase 1 the struggle against poaching and forest destruction 1989 - 1992