Although the Park conserves many of the world’s habitats and species, human encroachment is severely degrading
and destroying the biodiversity of the area. This has often resulted in the elimination of species, loss of
forest lands and resources. Destruction of wildlife habitats has remained the leading threat to biodiversity. This
destruction, takes different forms such as degradation, fragmentation or outright loss, and is a function of the
growing human population and activities prompted mainly by such factors as poverty, demography, land tenure
systems, inadequate conservation status, development policies and economic incentives [10]. These factors
range in scale from immediate to global.