Paying coffee farmers living wages near gorilla habitats deters poaching & safeguards gorillas. Noble Gorilla Foundation supports coffee communities and wildlife rangers who protect endangered gorillas in southwest Uganda. These gorilla highlands coffee farming communities border the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest and Mgahinga National Park, UNESCO-designated world gorilla habitats. Previously, poaching and habitat destruction, both driven by poverty, were the root causes of declines in the gorilla population in southwest Uganda. With Foundation funding assistance, our partner Gorilla Highlands Coffee has become pivotal in reversing the decline. People who relied on poaching and harvesting crops and materials from the gorilla forest habitats are now part of the coffee social enterprise. With increased revenue for their coffee, it's a simple way to help coffee communities and gorillas.