Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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East Africa's mountain gorillas have been endangered by habitat loss and poaching.

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But in some areas, numbers have started to recover - and some of that is down the efforts of conservationists such as Dr Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka.

Her solution is to look after the local people who live near the animals' forest habitat as well as the gorillas themselves.

The BBC's Myra Anubi went to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest in South West Uganda to find out more.

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