Significance of the study

This study's unique feature is its focus on the big picture, and not just on individual gorilla groups. Thus, within the Bwindi landscape, the project will identify critical gorilla habitats that must be preserved if we want to assure the conservation of gorillas for future generations. The project will take guesswork out of managing Bwindi and provide

scientifically sound information as a basis for proactive planning as well as conflict resolution. The results of the project will be used, for example, in development of habitat protection ordinances, zoning to protect critical habitats, management guidelines for gorilla protection, managing resource extraction by local people, and planning of areas for ecotourism. Proper planning with accurate and scientifically sound information will result in less conflict as less time will be wasted, and less money spent attempting to resolve mountain gorilla and other threatenend species issues. The information from this study will be used to predict what will happen to the gorilla distribution under a variety conditions. This may entail altering some aspects of their environment such as

improvements of the road through the park. Prediction is the basis of good management.

This study also begins a process by which we can model for the effects of climate change in the later phases of the research to identify locations, habitats, and rare species that will be most affected.

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Figure 1.1 Location of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda and its environs

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Figure 1.2 Location of the multiple-use areas in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda

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LANDSCAPE INFLUENCES ON SPACE USE BY MOUNTAIN GORILLAS IN