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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...
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...
BANCK Community Forest in Forest Corridor Approved by Cameroon Government

BANCK Community Forest in Forest Corridor Approved by Cameroon Government

by crgadmin | Jan 30, 2018 | Conservation, Ecotourism

The government of Cameroon has approved the creation of a new community forest in Manyu Division. The two-year Provisional Management Agreement of the community forest to be named BANCK (Bakumba, Ayukaba, Numba, Chinda, Kendem) community forest, was approved by the...
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...
Threatened bird thought to exist only in Nigeria and Ghana discovered in Cameroon

Threatened bird thought to exist only in Nigeria and Ghana discovered in Cameroon

by crgadmin | Feb 4, 2013 | Ecotourism, Research, Volunteer

The Ibadan Malimbe (Malimbus ibadanensis) hitherto thought to exist only in Nigeria and Ghana was recently captured in the Lebialem Mone forest in the South West region of Cameroon by the camera of a group of biologists from the Environment and Rural Development...
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