Certified Gorilla Friendly - Safeguarding Gorilla Tourism as a Conservation Tool
The International Gorilla Conservation Programme has been operating for more than 25 years, and has provided financial and technical support for the…
[details]Journal #56, 1/2018
GORILLA JOURNAL 56
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]New Population Estimate for Western Lowland Gorillas
In a paper published in the journal Science Advances, Samantha Strindberg, Fiona Maisels and 52 coauthors provide the most comprehensive assessment to…
[details]Memories - Working with Two Mountain Gorillas in the Cologne Zoo
The two mountain gorillas from the Virunga Mountains in Rwanda, Coco and Pucker, arrived in the Cologne Zoo in May 1969. At that time it was a very…
[details]Gorillas in our Midst: the Current Whereabouts of Coco and Pucker
Dian Fossey's famous book Gorillas in the Mist (1983) contains several memorable episodes from her years of studying the mountain gorillas in the…
[details]Being a Good Guest - A Guide for Tourists Visiting Gorillas
As with many types of wildlife tourism, viewing gorillas has grown in popularity since the 1980s. Currently tourists can visit more than 20 gorilla…
[details]Street Lighting in Mwenga Centre
The Democratic Republic of the Congo teems with important natural and biological resources. As they are so important for growth, development, the…
[details]Number of Virunga Gorillas Increased again!
In 2015 to 2016 another gorilla census was conducted in the Virunga Volcanoes - and as the censuses before, the result was very positive again. It…
[details]More Rangers Killed in Virunga National Park
During a rebel attack on 9 April 2018, five rangers and a driver were killed. Another ranger was wounded. The team was ambushed while driving through…
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