Families around Volcanoes park to give way for growing gorilla population
A household at the foot of Mount Sabyinyo one of the Volcanoes chain in the northern Rwanda.More than 3,000 families in the three districts bordering the Volcanoes National Park face will be relocated as officials expedite plans to secure additional habitat for the mountain gorillas whose numbers have been on the rise. PHOTO | CYRIL NDEGEYA
More than 3,000 families in the three districts bordering the Volcanoes National Park will be relocated as officials expedite plans to secure additional habitat for the mountain gorillas whose numbers have been on the rise.
Assessments by African Wildlife Foundation suggest that at least 3,700 hectares of additional land is needed to expand the habitat and the buffer zone of the Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda if the country is to effectively address risks of human-gorilla conflict, infanticide cases and disease transmission resulting from human-wildlife interaction and closeness of gorilla families.
