Nigeria

We transferred the first funds for project support in 2013: Andrew Dunn, our partner at WCS Nigeria, had asked us to fund the renovation of the Afi Mountain Wildlife Sanctuary...

In 2007 IUCN published a five-year (2007–2011) regional Action Plan for the conservation of the Cross River gorilla Gorilla gorilla diehli (Oates et al. 2007) outlining...

Not only the rangers of protected areas are responsible for the conservation of gorillas – the local population has to be convinced too. This is the aim of the Wildlife...

Afi Mountain Wildlife Sanctuary is the most westerly of three sites in Nigeria where Cross River gorillas occur, the other two sites being the Mbe Mountains and Cross River...

Cross River gorillas face diverse threats resulting from high human population densities around the areas they inhabit. Efforts to save these gorillas must therefore take into...

From March to August 2009, surveys were conducted to evaluate the status of gorillas and other diurnal primates and their habitat at four gorilla localities...

As part of our efforts to improve the protection of the critically endangered Cross River Gorilla in Nigeria, Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) aims to reduce...

Conservation research on gorillas has, to date, mainly focused on demographic factors, human impacts, and the influence of disease. Genetic data have been...

Improving Gorilla Protection in the Mbe Mountains Covering an area of about 80 km² the Mbe Mountains is one of three sites in Nigeria where gorillas are known to...

The Afi River Forest Reserve is an area lying between two sites in Nigeria where the Cross River gorilla is known to occur - the Afi Mountain Wildlife Sanctuary (AMWS) and the Mbe...