The habitat of the mountain gorillas is located on a transboundary area straddling the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda and Uganda and including 5 natural parks that are or are nominated-to-be- on the World Heritage List : Virunga National Park (DRC), Kahuzi-Biega National Park (DRC), Bwindi National Park (Uganda) , Mgahinga National Park (Uganda) and the National Park of the Volcanoes (Rwanda).