Western Lowland Gorilla

In recent years, the trafficking of Afri­ca's apes has evolved into a highly organized criminal activity, but the situation has remained largely ignor­ed. Increasing enforcement...

The Primate Habituation Programme (PHP) in the Central African Republic is an integral part of the conservation activities of Dzanga-Sangha Protected Areas and aims to conserve...

Equatorial Guinea is experiencing a dramatic oil-fuelled economic boom which over the last decade has in­creased incomes, encouraged urban migration and, in the absence of...

The Bambidie Gorilla Project (BGP), founded in 2008, aims to preserve a population of western lowland go­ril­las, between the villages of Lastour­ville and Okondja, in eastern...

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...

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...

Examining dietary composition and overlap between species living within the same environment is important for improving our understanding of their distribution and abundance, as...

In 1998 an environmental impact survey of a proposed oil pipeline route from Chad to Cameroon was commissioned by the Cameroon Oil Transportation Company, COTCO (Dames & Moore...

The critical situation of the elephants and the great apes, and their role in the regeneration of the tropical forest, are well documented and broadcast by the media. This...

Two men were recently arrested in the Kabo forestry concession in northern Republic of Congo for hunting a gorilla. The hunt was carried out during the closed hunting season, with...