the first step was ensuring legal protections were in place. the bwindi impenetrable forest was made a national park in 1991. next, says the warden in charge, they needed to get the local people on side. the communities are critical in conserving the gorillas because, you know, these communities live next to the park. and so we feel that they should be part of the conservation. and they should get benefits from conservation. key among those benefits are the revenues from this, from tourism. tourists pay $600 each to visit a gorilla family, and before covid,