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Mountain Gorillas in the Post-Rio Era

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

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  1. Mountain Gorillas in the Post-Rio Era Ursula Karlowski University of Rostock

  2. 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)

  3. 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

  4. forest UGANDA

  5. 1 - Bwindi Impenetrable Forest 2 – Echuya Forest 3 – Mgahinga Forest

  6. Virunga Conservation Area

  7. Dr. Dian Fossey Dian Fossey‘s grave in Karisoke, Rwanda

  8. 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/

  9. Current Numbers and Geographic Ranges of Africa's Great Apes

  10. Muhavura Sabinio Gahinga 4000 m 3000 m 2000 m East West Virunga Volcanoes (Uganda)

  11. Afromontane and afroalpine archipelago-like floristic region

  12. 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)

  13. Afromontane Cloud Forest 2300 - 2600 m

  14. Impatiens niamniamensis Balsaminaceae

  15. Impatiens apiculata Balsaminaceae

  16. Epipactis africana Orchidaceae

  17. Bamboo Forest2600 - 3000 m

  18. bamboo: Sinarundinaria alpina Poaceae

  19. bamboo shoots: favourite staple food for mountain gorillas!

  20. Thunbergia alata Acanthaceae

  21. Hagenia-Hypericum Zone 2900 - 3300 m

  22. Hagenia abyssinicaRosaceae Hagenia abyssinicaRosaceae

  23. Ericaceae-Heath 3300 - 3500 m

  24. Erica arboreaEricaceae

  25. Polystachya kermesina Orchidaceae

  26. Afroalpine Communities 3500 - 4127 m Dendro-Senecio Dendro-Lobelia

  27. Giant Rosette Plants: Dendro-Lobelia and Dendrosenecio Woodlands

  28. Giant Lobelia

  29. Chamaeleon rudis

  30. confusing boundary changes nature conservation at Mgahinga Forest

  31. Gorilla Sanctuary 1930 - 1964 Mgahinga Forest Reserve 1941 - 1951 Mgahinga Forest Reserve 1951 - 1977

  32. Gorilla Game Reserve 1964 - 1991 Mgahinga Forest Reserve 1977 - 1991 Mgahinga Gorilla National Park 1991 up to now

  33. phase 1 the struggle against poaching and forest destruction 1989 - 1992

  34. prevention of further forest destruction

  35. prevention of further forest destruction

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