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Wednesday 04 Nov 2015 - 13:46 Makkah mean time-22-1-1437
Pic: Uganda's New Vision
Kampala (IINA) – The Ugandan Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities signed a regional agreement to promote gorilla conservation in Uganda, Rwanda and Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda’s daily New Vision reported.
The three countries share the only remaining population of mountain gorillas estimated at 880 globally. The regional agreement will also help to promote research and tourism as well as sharing of revenue where gorillas cross from one country to another.
“We are happy that the three countries have concluded a treaty that advances conservation of the highly endangered species,” said Ugandan Minister of Tourism Maria Mutagamba before signing the Virunga Trans boundary Collaboration Treaty here on Tuesday. To conclude the legal process, she added that the treaty requires parliamentary ratification.
The agreement was signed by the respective ministers of tourism and conservation in Congo and Rwanda on September 22. The Congolese government has allocated $100,000, which is a mandatory contribution from each of the three countries to implement the agreement.
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