there is more meaning and mutual understanding in exchanging a glance with a gorilla than any other animal i know _ when sir david attenborough made his famous visit to a mountain gorilla family back in the 19705, it was, in his words, "tinged with sadness." we see the world in the same way as they do. because he feared he might be seeing the last of their kind. poachers preyed on the mountain gorilla population. and the civil wars in rwanda and the democratic republic of the congo made conservation in those countries very difficult. so, how were the fortunes of the world's last mountain gorillas turned around and what can it tell us about conservation elsewhere? 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, uganda's gorillas were doing good business — 40,000 tourist visits a year. tourism really does help wild animals if it's done right. in uganda, it's an act of parliament that 20% of the park entry fee has to go to the local community. and park revenues are just the beginning, says dr gladys, as she's known. she was uganda wildlife authority's first—ever veterinary officer. now she runs a charity that works to protect the gorilla population by ensuring the human population is healthy and prosperous. she says tourism based around the jungle lodges that the tourists stay in has been crucial. when i first started out, there were only about five lodges. now there's as many as 70. the lodges have created jobs, the ngos have created jobs. and so there's lots of employment that has happened. but at the same time, people are also part of the tourism industry. you know, they can sell crafts, they can sell accommodation, meals, and they can also sell community walks. and so all of that makes a big difference. a key challenge was persuading these men to stop poaching animals from the park. they were made an offer. it was hard to refuse, says dr samson, who works with the uk charity the gorilla 0rganisation. they had to hand over their hunting spears, their machetes, their traps. "we have told you, this is the last chance. "if we arrest you in the park, you go to jail. "if you give up the hunt, the hunting job, if you give up your tools, you come out and give up your tools and you never go back, "you have a...very good future for yourself." some poachers were offered jobs as rangers protecting the park. others were offered land and training to grow crops. and the approach has worked, say the reformed poachers in this group. now, we are currently the ambassadors of the park. because we are helping a lot of conservation over the park. we monitor and give reports monthly. so what would happen if you hear that somebody in the community is going into the forest? we inform the park officials to go and arrest any illegal activity. bwindi impenetrable forest is one of the most biodiverse places on earth, and because protecting the gorillas means protecting the forest, all the other species that live here are protected too. uganda's conservation success is a source of huge national pride. she has a mission to do something very good, which is called... the importance of protecting gorillas and other species is taught in schools throughout the country. these are gorillas. do you like them? all: yes. uh-huh. at st peter's school, the children have created a dance show about mountain gorilla conservation. singing they have performed it in schools across the country. the children are very clear why protecting the forest and its gorillas is so important. when we are singing, we try to teach our community to avoid poaching. we should protect gorillas by planting many trees in the environment. we should protect the forest because it brings fresh air. l but there is a problem. look how abruptly the tree cover ends. the farms and resorts now go right up to the forest boundary. bwindi national park covers more than 300 square kilometres. it sounds big, but it is a tiny fraction of the vastjungle that covered this area as recently as a few decades ago. and as the gorilla population grows... with this increase in the population, we're definitely seeing that gorilla families are more crowded. they're bumping into each other more, which, unfortunately, is often associated with aggression. the gorillas are running out of space, sometimes with terrible consequences. we're seeing higher rates of infanticide so infants can oftentimes be killed when these families come together. and so for the part of the park that we help monitor, we've actually seen the population growth rates slow down considerably. ecologists say if the gorillas are going to continue to thrive, the parks need to be bigger. so we would love to see this population grow. but the data are suggesting that in order to do so, there's really going to need to be more habitat available to them. this is another ugandan national park, queen elizabeth park. the un wants every country to set aside a third of their land and sea for conservation. but when un delegates met in geneva in march, there was deadlock. you went with 21 things you hope to agree and as i understand it, none of them were agreed. yes, none of them was agreed, but all of them, we have many options within them. all of them. the developing world says it needs more than just tourist revenue to support a conservation effort on this scale. it has demanded $100 billion a year from the rich world. ms marama is confident compromises will be found. she says all the delegates understand how high the stakes are, notjust for humanity, but for all the world species. we have been told by scientists we only have this century. and we only have one planet. there's no planet b. mountain gorillas show we can save species from the brink of extinction. the question now is whether the world is ready to commit the money and resources to protect the world's biodiversity on a much bigger scale. hello there. with low pressure in charge today, it's been a fairly unsettled day, blustery across the board and, of course, some of us have seen cloud and outbreaks of rain. you can see this swirl of cloud and rain on the satellite and radar picture from earlier. drier and brighter towards the south and east. now, over the next few days, that area of low pressure does clear away, but the next area of low pressure is hot on its heels and we're going to see further changeable and unsettled weather to come. so what can we expect this week? well, there will be rain and showers at times, particularly in the north and west. not a total wash—out, some sunshine, the best of it to be found in the south and east. breezy at times, with temperatures close to average for the time of year. so, here's how it looks as we go overnight into monday. we've got that band of showery rain gradually working its way east, some showers following on behind it. ahead of it, though, a largely dry picture with some clear spells. temperatures not falling too far, in the double figures for most. potential for one or two showers just feeding to the south and east in the early hours. so, monday starts off with that band of showery rain over in the west. it works its way eastwards through the day. could be some heavy bursts of rain in there. if you catch one of those showers, it has the potential to be heavy, possibly thundery. drier and brighter behind it, although turning cloudier for northern ireland later in the day with some rain to come. and of course, wimbledon kicks off on monday. potential for one or two showers to begin, but as the day wears on, becoming drier with some good spells of sunshine and temperatures in the low 20s. now, we saw that cloud and rain pushing into northern ireland. that's associated with that next area of low pressure. and as we move into tuesday, it edges eastwards. it doesn't make great inroads, though, so for northern and western areas, it's a fairly soggy picture. behind it, seeing a mixture of sunny spells and showers for northern ireland. ahead of it is largely dry with some sunny spells, the best of the brightness to be found over in the south and east. here's where we'll see temperatures at a maximum of around 23 celsius, but generally sitting in the mid to high teens. as we move overnight, tuesday into wednesday, we see those weather fronts work their way further east. so for wednesday, we'll see lighter winds than tuesday, with a mixture of sunny spells and scattered showers. again, if you see one of those showers, they do have the potential to be heavy, but some sunny spells coming through in between. the temperatures, 17 in aberdeen, 2a degrees celsius, though, for parts of east anglia. bye— bye. this is bbc news — i'm lewis vaughanjones — the headlines at seven russian cruise missiles strike the ukrainian capital, kyiv, causing large explosions, one person is killed. 0n the first day of the g7 summit in germany, a committment to mobilise 600 billion dollars for global infrastructure programmes in developing countries by 2027. through strategic investments, will have the sustainable amount and shared global stability. the prince of wales accepted a suitcase containing a million euros in cash, from a former qatari prime minister, according to the sunday times. there is no suggestion the payments were illegal. and at least 21 people are reported dead at a nightclub in the south african city of east london.