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Importance of Ecotourism for Gorilla Conservation

Importance of Ecotourism for Gorilla Conservation

by crgadmin | Jul 3, 2016 | Conservation, Ecotourism

The Virunga Mountains are well known for their populations of mountain gorillas – an endangered species found only in the border area between Rwanda, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The area hosts more than a million visitors per year resulting in...
Cameroon’s first-ever P3DM project launched

Cameroon’s first-ever P3DM project launched

by crgadmin | May 31, 2016 | Conservation, Research

A three-dimensional model of part of the Cameroon Highlands has been unveiled today on Monday 30 May in an official ceremony at the Southwest Regional Delegation of Forestry and Wildlife (MINFOF). A Participatory 3D Mapping project has been conducted earlier this...
New protected area established for world’s rarest ape, the Cross River Gorillas in South West Cameroon

New protected area established for world’s rarest ape, the Cross River Gorillas in South West Cameroon

by crgadmin | Oct 16, 2014 | Conservation

After 10 years of conservation action and preparations, Prime Minister of Cameroon Philémon Yang has signed a Decree to officially create Tofala Hill Wildlife Sanctuary in South West Cameroon. Besides the critically endangered Cross River gorilla, this landscape is...
New Conservation Complex Will Protect Critically Endangered Cross River Gorillas in the Cameroon Highlands

New Conservation Complex Will Protect Critically Endangered Cross River Gorillas in the Cameroon Highlands

by crgadmin | Jun 25, 2013 | Conservation

Estimates on the number of Cross River gorillas (Gorilla gorilla diehli) remaining is 250–300 in the wild. Their range is very fragmented. Due to human population growth and agricultural encroachment, the gorillas are being forced into higher altitudes with steep...
Cross River Gorilla Silverback Slaughtered in Cameroon

Cross River Gorilla Silverback Slaughtered in Cameroon

by crgadmin | Mar 24, 2013 | Conservation

A male Cross River Gorilla has been shot earlier this month in the Lebialem Highlands near Pinyin in the Santa Sub Division of North West Cameroon. The presence of this silverback gorilla was reported by a local teacher who was going to her farm very early in the...
Satellite Study Reveals Critical Habitat and Corridors for World’s Rarest Gorilla

Satellite Study Reveals Critical Habitat and Corridors for World’s Rarest Gorilla

by crgadmin | Feb 2, 2012 | Conservation, Research

Conservationists working in Central Africa to save the world’s rarest gorilla have good news: the Cross River gorilla has more suitable habitat than previously thought, including vital corridors that, if protected, can help the great apes move between sites in...
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