300Gorillas launches the ‘million-dollar gorilla’ on Earth Day
On Earth Day, the African Conservation Foundation (ACF) launched a new NFT project aimed at raising $1.2 million…
Unite human, animal and environmental health to prevent the next pandemic – UN Report
The rising trend in zoonotic diseases is driven by the degradation of our natural environment – through land degradation, wildlife exploitation, resource extraction, climate change, and other stresses.
75,000 people call on Cameroon government to establish new Cross River Gorilla reserves
Nearly 75,000 people have signed a petition started by the African Conservation Foundation to support the establishment of…
League City girl raises $700 for threatened gorillas
A gorilla species that’s been called Africa’s most-endangered primate has found an advocate in a League City girl….
Princess presents top conservation accolade to Cameroon’s Louis Nkembi
LONDON – HRH The Princess Royal (Princess Anne) tonight presented one of the world’s top prizes for grassroots…
Ian Redmond and Princess Odette Autograph Gorilla Paintings in Support of Great Ape Conservation
During the recent International Year of the Gorilla Symposium, Ian Redmond – Ambassador for the UN Year of the Gorilla – and Princess Odette Maniema Krempin – UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador – signed special editions of Daniel Taylor’s Mountain gorilla and Cross River gorilla art works.
Conservation Groups Launch Campaign to Save Last Cross River Gorillas
Following the declaration of 2009 as the Year of the Gorilla, the African Conservation Foundation (ACF) and the Environment and Rural Development Foundation (ERuDeF) are launching a special campaign aimed at raising awareness about the plight of the Cross River Gorilla.
Cameroon moves to protect rarest gorilla
The government of Cameroon has created a national park to help protect the world’s most endangered great ape: the Cross River gorilla, reports the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), a group that provided scientific and technical support for the initiative.
Continent-Wide UN Action Plan Seeks to Save the Gorilla
Low-volume wood-burning stoves to protect forest habitat, alternative livelihoods to replace bush meat hunting with beekeeping and the…
World premiere of a high-realist portrait of the Cross River gorilla
Vancouver, BC, Canada ‚Äì The first ever painting of a Cross River gorilla, Africa‚ most endangered primate, will…