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News Archive
The 7-metre Gorilla Tracking Regulatio... |
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| July 2012 | ||
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The mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) is listed as Critically Endangered (C1) by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN). As of Spring 2010, the... |
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Human–Wildlife Conflict Management |
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| July 2012 | ||
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Human–wildlife conflict is a major conservation and management issue wherever people and wildlife coexist. It can take many forms, including the destruction of crops and property,... |
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Burhinyi Community Forest |
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| July 2012 | ||
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The Burhinyi Community Forest, located in the South Kivu province of eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), is one of several patches of tropical forest located between... |
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Extensive Patrols in Maïko |
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| July 2012 | ||
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As part of the monitoring activities taking place In Maïko National Park during the festive period, between Christmas 2011 and the New Year, extensive patrols were carried out... |
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Transboundary Collaboration in Mayombe |
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| July 2012 | ||
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The Mayombe forest, part of the Guineo-Congolian biome, forms the south-western part of the tropical rainforest in the Congo Basin, and the southern margin of the distribution of... |
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Cross River Gorilla Video |
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| May 2012 | ||
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The Wildlife Conservation Society caught a group of Cross River gorillas on video for the first time - in the Kagwene Gorilla Sanctuary, Cameroon. |
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Ebo: Clubs des Amis des Gorilles |
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| April 2012 | ||
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Near the Ebo forest, Bethan Morgan and Ekwoge Enang Abwe are starting to develop “Clubs des Amis des Gorilles” in each of the villages closest to the gorillas to promote community... |
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Oil Exploration in the Virunga Nationa... |
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| March 2012 | ||
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The British oil company SOCO International has received permits to go ahead with oil exploration in the Virunga National Park. The company obtained approval for aero-surveys,... |
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News from Gorilla Genetics |
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| March 2012 | ||
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After the sequencing of the gorilla genome, the authors report unexpected results. The standard view of the evolutionary relationship between the African apes and humans is that... |
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Mountain Gorilla Death in Snare |
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| February 2012 | ||
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An anti-poaching patrol in the Virunga Massif made a gruesome discovery on February 1st, 2012: a young mountain gorilla was dead, caught in a poacher’s snare. The male is... |
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