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...
by crgadmin | Mar 11, 2014 | Campaigns
Nearly 75,000 people have signed a petition started by the African Conservation Foundation to support the establishment of a Cross River gorilla reserve in Cameroon. People from around the world expressed their concerns about the protected status of these critically...
by crgadmin | Jun 12, 2011 | Campaigns, Education
A gorilla species that’s been called Africa’s most-endangered primate has found an advocate in a League City girl. Berit Doolittle, 11, learned about the Cross River Gorilla from her mother Daniette Hunter, who home-schools her in League City. Wildlife...
by crgadmin | May 12, 2010 | Campaigns, Conservation
LONDON – HRH The Princess Royal (Princess Anne) tonight presented one of the world’s top prizes for grassroots nature conservation – a Whitley Award – to Louis Nkembi of Cameroon, for his work to introduce community-based landscape and...
by crgadmin | Jun 26, 2009 | Campaigns, 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...
by crgadmin | Mar 27, 2009 | Campaigns, Conservation
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...