so thanks so much, dr gladys kalema-zikusoka. ., , kalema-zikusoka.usoka. so delighted to be amongst the bbc 100 women, - kalema-zikusoka. so delighted to be - amongst the bbc 100 women, delighted and honoured, thank you. yes. amongst the bbc 100 women, delighted and honoured, thank you.— and honoured, thank you. yes, and i should mention... _ and you can find out more about other inspiring women on the bbc 100 women list — and the rest of the season — on the bbc news website. that's all for me for now, stay with us on bbc news, thanks for watching. hello there. 0ur freezing—cold run of weather is set to continue for a while yet and certainly through the weekend, probably well into next week, too. now, earlier today, it was a case of white cars in redcar. yes, some early snow here. we also had some snowfall across parts of northern—eastern scotland, eastern areas of england. however, this afternoon, now that temperatures are above freezing, many of the showers draped around coastal areas are coming in more as a mix of rain and a bit of sleet. across i

among them is dr gladys kalema—zikusoka, who has dedicated much of her life to the protection of theg eroded by climate change. gorillas are being impacted by climate change because they live in a very small protected area of only 321 square kilometres. the weather is changing a lot. sometimes, when there is a lot of drought and the dry season, they have to look much further to look for food and so there ranging patterns change. sometimes, they have to go outside the forest to look for certain plants, that is something we are studying. and when it rains a lot, everything gets unpredictable. currently, it is raining much more than usual. but also because we are so closely related to gorillas and we can easily make each other sick, when people have an increased incidents of diseases, especially zoonomic, they can easily spill over to the endangered mountain gorillas and that is something our ngo conservation through public health is really addressing. find conservation through public health is really addressing.— is really addressing. and also because i _ is really addressing. and also

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