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Ugandans plant trees near national park to keep people out of gorillas’ habitat

Ugandans plant trees near national park to keep people out of gorillas’ habitat
Photo: KPRC 2 / Click2Houston (NBC) · view original

In the tangled greenery of a Ugandan national park, mountain gorillas sit among the leaves, calmly carrying on as tourists trek into their forest home. Many gorilla families are used to people, but while their population grows, the forest available to them does not. Communities have planted trees...

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