Cameroon “new gorillas” need protection
A Cameroonian environmentalist group is lobbying for the establishment of a new national park at Cross River on…
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…
New National Park Opens In Cameroon To Protect Endangered Cross River Gorilla
Takamanda National Park, Cameroon (AHN) – A new 261-square-mile park created to protect Africa’s endangered Cross River gorilla…
Nigeria, Cameroon Cooperate to Save Most Endangered Ape
New York – With just 300 individuals left in the wild, Cross River gorillas have found new conservation…
ERuDeF: Eight Gorilla Skulls Discovered in Batibo
A team of Environment and Rural Development Foundation, ERUDEF, conservationists recently discovered eight gorilla skulls in Batibo, Momo…
B.C. couple on mission to save endangered gorilla band
The gorilla stares out searchingly, a slight quiver on its lip, as it folds its fingers and holds…