Bwindi Impenetrable Forest Re-listen

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🗓️ 28 March 2022

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

As part of Women’s History Month Atlas Obscura will be sharing some episodes from the archive including this story of a national park in Southwest Uganda that is home to nearly half the world’s population of endangered mountain gorillas. They and the local community rely on each other to survive. https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/womens-history-month Learn how to help the Bwindi Mountain Gorillas: https://ctph.org/ Sound of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest and the mountain gorillas was recorded by Nick Penny. To see more of Nick’s work, visit: https://www.nickpennyphotography.com/ READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/bwindi-impenetrable-forest

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0:00.0	Hey, this is Baudelaire, I'm one of the producers of the Atlas Obscura podcast.
0:09.7	In honor of Women's History Month, we're going to be resharing some stories that highlight
0:13.1	women who are making history today.
0:15.8	I want to reshare with you all this story about windy and penetrable forest in southwest
0:20.1	Uganda.
0:21.1	It was produced by another one of our producers, Sarah Wyman, and is really special because
0:25.2	it shows how tired the progression of our species and the conservation of nature really
0:29.7	are.
0:30.7	It also highlights one woman in particular, Dr. Gladys Kilema Sizoka, for the incredible
0:35.8	work she's doing to help both causes.
0:38.2	If you want to learn more about Atlas Obscura's Women's History Month project, you can visit
0:42.2	the link in the show notes.
0:51.6	Up in the hills of southwest Uganda, there is a clear line where the farmlands end and
0:56.8	the forest begins.
1:01.6	The villagers who live on the outskirts of the forest call it windy.
1:07.0	In Ruchiga, it means a place of darkness.
1:11.5	Because it's like once you're inside this dark, because it's very thick dark forest.
1:17.1	The forest is deep and tangled.
1:20.2	The plant life twists around itself and tumbles into steep, impenetrable valleys.
1:25.8	Once you get up the main trail, you have to use a machete, a panga to get through, and
1:32.6	it regenerates very, very quickly all the time.
1:41.0	It rains almost every day.
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