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Are the Virunga Mountain Gorillas' closest relatives the Bwindi Mountain Gorillas?
Gorillas are subdivided into two species and four subspecies. In…
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Conservation in the Crisis Region of Cameroon
This year, the Norwegian Refugee Council placed Cameroon in the top spot for the world's forgotten crises. The conservation of the Cross River…
[details]Critical Forest Corridor for Cross River Gorillas Threatened
Protecting forest corridors that allow movement and genetic exchange between Cross River gorilla subpopulations and groups is critical to their…
[details]Protection of the Cross River Gorillas in Takamanda
The Takamanda National Park is not only a home to many of the endangered Cross River gorillas (Gorilla gorilla diehli), but also to people. Currently,…
[details]GRASP & IUCN Great Apes Status Report 2018: Summary
Great ape populations in Africa and Asia are severely threatened by the combined impacts of habitat loss, poaching, illegal trade, and disease. Since…
[details]Saving Cross River Gorillas in Nigeria through Radio Drama
Hunting, habitat loss and fragmentation are the main threats to the survival of the Cross River gorilla Gorilla gorilla diehli (Bergl 2012; Imong et…
[details]Education Efforts Prevent a "Blackback" Cross River Gorilla from Being Killed
In November 2017, Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) received a report of a lone male Cross River gorilla sighted near two Nigerian villages (Ofambe…
[details]Strengthening Transboundary Conservation of Cross River Gorillas
Restricted to the rainforest region along the border between Nigeria and Cameroon, the Cross River gorilla Gorilla gorilla diehli is Africa's most…
[details]Survey of the Cross River Gorilla at the Tofala Hill Wildlife Sanctuary in Cameroon
In January 2014 I started to study the ecology of Cross River gorillas at the Tofala Hill Wildlife Sanctuary (THWS) in collaboration with the local…
[details]A Brief Update on the Proposed Superhighway in Cross River State
In March 2016 the Federal Ministry of the Environment issued Cross River State a stop work order pending approval of an environmental impact…
[details]On a Road to Nowhere?
After 16 years of continuous rule under the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and record levels of corruption and mismanagement, Nigeria elected a new…
[details]Clean Water for Cross River Conservation; Rangers on the Frontlines
In a previous article, we documented bushmeat trafficking out of West/Central Africa for sale in underground markets in Europe and North America.…
[details]Improving Law Enforcement Monitoring in the Afi Mountain Wildlife Sanctuary
The Afi Mountain Wildlife Sanctuary (AMWS) in Nigeria is the western-most Cross River gorilla site and home to about 10 % of the total Cross River…
[details]Gorilla Folk Filmmaking in the Cross River Headwaters
In the Lebialem highlands of Southwest Cameroon, people say that if a hunter kills a gorilla, a person (often a village notable) dies. Connected by a…
[details]Going the "SMART" Way in Nigeria and Cameroon
The Spatial Monitoring and Reporting Tool (SMART) is new and improved software for measuring, evaluating and improving the effectiveness of wildlife…
[details]Videos with and about Cross River Gorillas
Rare Footage of Cross River Gorillas Captured by the Wildlife Conservation Society
The Wildlife Conservation Society set up camera traps in the…
[details]Ebola Reduces Bushmeat Consumption
Bushmeat traders in Watt Market in Calabar, Cross River State, South Eastern Nigeria, are lamenting the poor sales of bushmeat since the outbreak of…
[details]Using Technology in the Mbe Mountains
The <link 244 _blank internal-link "MBe Mountains">Mbe Mountains</link> form part of an important habitat corridor linking Afi Mountain Wildlife…
[details]First donation by ajoofa
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On February 6th, 2014, we received the first donation by the T-shirt company ajoofa. Marcus Handvest handed over a symbolic check with the donation…
[details]Bushmeat Hunting Changes African Rainforests
Hunting often devastates populations of large mammals, and this may have impact on other animal and plant communities. In two recent studies (Effiom…
[details]Landslides Hit Afi Sanctuary
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The Afi Mountain Wildlife Sanctuary (AMWS) occupies approximately 100 km² in the north-western area of the Afi River Forest Reserve in the northern…
[details]Cameroon Loses a Cross River Gorilla
On March 1, 2013, the Cameroon conservation community was taken aback when news reached them about the brutal killing of a silverback male of the…
[details]Tree Nesting in Mawambi Hills Gorillas
Mawambi is a 43 km² lowland forest site, also known as Takpe/Awuri, located to the southeast of the Takamanda National Park in Cameroon. The Mawambi…
[details]Renovation of Afi Sanctuary Headquarters
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We transferred the first funds for project support in 2013: Andrew Dunn, our partner at WCS Nigeria, had asked us to fund the renovation of the Afi…
[details]Gorilla Guardian Update
The Cross River gorilla (Gorilla gorilla diehli) is Critically Endangered, with perhaps fewer than 250 individuals remaining within their range, which…
Action Plan for Cross River Gorillas
In 2007 IUCN published a five-year (2007–2011) regional Action Plan for the conservation of the Cross River gorilla Gorilla gorilla diehli (Oates et…
[details]New Gorilla Guardians in Cameroon (closed)
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The Cross River gorillas in Cameroon need our help again! We received a request from Christopher Jameson, the Director of the WCS project for the…
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Renovation Afi Base
Afi Mountain Wildlife Sanctuary is the most westerly of three sites in Nigeria where Cross River gorillas occur, the other two sites being the Mbe…
Approaches to Saving Gorillas in Nigeria
Cross River gorillas face diverse threats resulting from high human population densities around the areas they inhabit. Efforts to save these gorillas…
Monitoring Gorillas in Nigeria
From March to August 2009, surveys were conducted to evaluate the status of gorillas and other diurnal primates and their habitat at four gorilla…
Tribute to Ymke Warren
We are grateful for this opportunity to shed a little light on an exceptional life that was dedicated to the study and conservation of Africa's…
[details]Alternatives for Hunters
As part of our efforts to improve the protection of the critically endangered Cross River Gorilla in Nigeria, Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) aims…
Gorilla Guardians in Cameroon 2009
Faced with the challenge of improving the monitoring of unprotected Cross River gorilla sites in Cameroon, the Gorilla Guardian community-based…
Additional Support for Cameroon
When viewed on a clear day from a rocky mountain top high above the montane forest cloaked slopes of the Kagwene Gorilla Sanctuary, the landscape in…
[details]Nigeria: Cross River Gorillas
Improving Gorilla Protection in the Mbe MountainsCovering an area of about 80 km² the Mbe Mountains is one of three sites in Nigeria where gorillas…
The Power of Local Stories in Lebialem, Cameroon
Cross River gorillas are found in isolated forest blocks including the Bechati-Fossimondi-Besali forest area in Lebialem Division, southwest Cameroon.…
[details]A GIS Habitat Map for the Kagwene Gorilla Sanctuary, Cameroon
The Cross River gorilla is the most endangered of all great ape taxa, and its rare and increasingly fragmented populations continue to be threatened…
[details]Important Forest Corridor for Gorillas under Threat
The Afi River Forest Reserve is an area lying between two sites in Nigeria where the Cross River gorilla is known to occur - the Afi Mountain Wildlife…
A New Approach to Gorilla Conservation: "Gorilla Guardians"
A new community-based approach to the conservation of some of the most remote (and hence least protected) groups of Cross River gorillas is currently…
Kagwene-Gorillas
The government of Cameroon announced on the 3rd of April 2008 the creation of the world's first sanctuary exclusively for the Cross River gorilla, and…
Conservation in the Mbe Mountains, Nigeria
The Cross River gorilla (Gorilla gorilla diehli) is Africa's most endangered taxon of ape, threatened by bushmeat hunting, conversion of forest for…
[details]Construction of a Base Camp
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In the Mbe Reserve a base camp was constructed with our donation.
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