![]() ![]() : 7–8 In 2003 a piece of land next to the park with an area of 4.2 square kilometres (1.6 sq mi) was purchased and incorporated into the park. The park's management changed: Uganda National Parks, since renamed the Uganda Wildlife Authority, became responsible for the park. ![]() In 1994, a 10-square-kilometre (3.9 sq mi) area was incorporated into the park and it was inscribed on the World Heritage List. : 8 Gorilla tracking became a tourist activity in April 1993, and the park became a popular tourist destination. The reclassification of the park had a large impact on the Batwa pygmy people, who were evicted from the forest and no longer permitted to enter the park or access its resources. : 43 The national park was declared in part to protect a range of species within it, most notably the mountain gorilla. : 233 It covered an area of 330.8 square kilometres (127.7 sq mi). In 1991, the Impenetrable Central Forest Reserve, along with the Mgahinga Gorilla Reserve and the Rwenzori Mountains Reserve, was designated as a national park and renamed the Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. The park continued to be managed as both a game sanctuary and forest reserve. : 43 In 1966, two other forest reserves became part of the main reserve, increasing its area to almost 321 square kilometres (124 sq mi). In 1964, the reserve was designated as an animal sanctuary : 43 to provide extra protection for its mountain gorillas and renamed the Impenetrable Central Forest Reserve. : 7 This new protected area covered 298 square kilometres (115 sq mi) and was under the joint control of the Ugandan government's game and forest departments. In 1942, the two reserves were combined and enlarged, then renamed the Impenetrable Central Crown Forest. : 7 These reserves had a combined area of 207 square kilometres (80 sq mi). The northern block was designated as the "Kayonza Crown Forest Reserve", and the southern block designated as the "Kasatora Crown Forest Reserve". ![]() In 1932, two blocks of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest were designated as Crown Forest Reserves. History Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. 14 habituated mountain gorilla groups are open to tourism in four different sectors of Buhoma, Ruhijja, Rushaga and the Nkuringo in the Districts of Kanungu, Kabale and Kisoro respectively all under the management of Uganda Wildlife Authority. ![]() It is most notable for the 400 Bwindi gorillas, half of the world's population of the endangered mountain gorillas. The park is a sanctuary for colobus monkeys, chimpanzees, and many birds such as hornbills and turacos. In particular, the area shares in the high levels of endemisms of the Albertine Rift. The northern (low elevation) sector has many species of Guineo-Congolian flora, including two endangered species, the brown mahogany and Brazzeia longipedicellata. Floristically, the park is among the most diverse forests in East Africa, with more than 1,000 flowering plant species, including 200 species of trees and 104 species of ferns. It provides habitat for 120 species of mammals, 350 species of birds, 310 species of butterflies, 27 species of frogs, chameleons, geckos, and many endangered species. Species diversity is a feature of the park. BINP is a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization-designated World Heritage Site. Composed of 321 square kilometres (124 sq mi) of both montane and lowland forest, it is accessible only on foot. The park is part of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest and is situated along the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) border next to the Virunga National Park and on the edge of the Albertine Rift. The Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (BINP) is in southwestern Uganda. ![]()
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