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. 2014 May;122(5):A122-9.
doi: 10.1289/ehp.122-A122.

Seeing the forest for the trees: how "one health" connects humans, animals, and ecosystems

Wendee Nicole

Seeing the forest for the trees: how "one health" connects humans, animals, and ecosystems

Wendee Nicole. Environ Health Perspect. 2014 May.
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Writer Wendee Nicole traveled to Uganda to report this story under the Mongabay.org Special Reporting Initiatives Program. She tracked chimpanzees and mountain gorillas, and spent time with the Batwa people, “conservation refugees” living outside their former forest home. © Wendee Nicole
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A Ugandan child collects sweet potato vines near Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. © Wendee Nicole
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A mother gorilla and her baby cross a creek in the park. © 2014 The Kellermann Foundation. Used with permission.
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Bwindi Community Hospital, in the village of Buhoma just outside Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, serves more than 100,000 villagers in the surrounding area. Founder Scott Kellermann says the hospital’s outreach efforts address the region’s poverty, health, and conservation ailments in a holistic way. © Wendee Nicole
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The Batwa are “conservation refugees,” evicted from their traditional home with the 1991 establishment of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. Today the Batwa Experience ecotourism program enables the Batwa to pass their traditions along to younger generations and visitors, with the proceeds returning to Batwa communities. © Wendee Nicole
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A hard edge exists between Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, home to the famous mountain gorillas, and the agricultural lands and homesteads surrounding it. © Wendee Nicole
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Some families participating in the JGI’s Sustainable Livelihoods project received beehives so they could produce and sell honey. This not only helps improve family incomes, but also reduces local residents’ need to illegally harvest honey from the forest. © Wendee Nicole
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Other families received South African Boer goats, which grow larger and faster than local species. These goats also have a higher rate of twinning, and the offspring are shared with other families. © Wendee Nicole
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A chimpanzee relaxes in Budongo forest, a reserve with a relatively large population of the animals. JGI is promoting reforestation of other forests nearby in hopes chimps will return to those areas as well. © Wendee Nicole
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