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Lebialem Highlands: Urgent Cross River Gorilla Conservation Priorities

Lebialem Highlands: Urgent Cross River Gorilla Conservation Priorities

by crgadmin | May 10, 2021 | Conservation, News

Biodiversity in the Lebialem Highlands is highly threatened, with IUCN Red List species such as the Gross River Gorilla, the Nigeria-Cameroon Chimpanzee and the African Forest Elephant unprotected due to two dreadful crises: the outbreak of the Cameroon Anglophone...
Group of rare Cross River gorillas with babies caught on camera in Nigeria

Group of rare Cross River gorillas with babies caught on camera in Nigeria

by crgadmin | Jul 10, 2020 | Camtrap, Conservation, News

Conservationists have captured images of a group of rare Cross River gorillas with multiple babies in Nigeria’s Mbe mountains – a sign that the subspecies once feared to be extinct is reproducing amid protection efforts. Only 300 Cross River gorillas (Gorilla gorilla...
Unite human, animal and environmental health to prevent the next pandemic – UN Report

Unite human, animal and environmental health to prevent the next pandemic – UN Report

by crgadmin | Jul 9, 2020 | Campaigns, Conservation, Education, News

COVID-19 is just one example of the rising trend of diseases – from Ebola to MERS to West Nile and Rift Valley fevers – caused by viruses that have jumped from animal hosts into the human population. A new assessment offers ten recommendations, and identifies One...

Silent Forests: What is it like to be on the frontlines of forest elephant conservation?

by crgadmin | Feb 23, 2020 | Conservation, Education, News

African forest elephants are being poached at accelerating rates in West and Central Africa. Research revealed that population size declined in the last decades by more than 60% and the species lost 30% of its original range. The population is currently less than 10%...
Community based approach the key to rainforest conservation

Community based approach the key to rainforest conservation

by crgadmin | Apr 17, 2019 | Conservation, News

As the human population continues to grow at an exponential rate, the demands that arise have produced unforeseen impacts and pressures on our surrounding environment. Beginning in July 2016 with 100% community engagement and management, the Tofala-Mone East Corridor...
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