Protecting The King’s of Bwindi Impenetrable Forest

Join wildlife veterinarian Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka to explore the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest of Uganda – home to half of the world’s remaining mountain gorillas. She’s the Founder and CEO of Conservation Through Public Health (CTPH), an award-winning NGO and non-profit that protects endangered gorillas and other wildlife through One Health approaches. In 2015, she founded Gorilla Conservation Coffee to support farmers living around habitats where gorillas are found which won the People. Environment. Achievement award in 2024. She became a National Geographic Explorer in 2017 and won the Sierra Club EarthCare Award in 2018. In 2021, she won the UNEP Champion of the Earth Award in Science and Innovation and the Aldo Leopold Award from the American Society of Mammologists. In 2023, her memoir  “Walking With Gorillas: The Journey of an African Wildlife Vet” was published.