News & interesting links
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News
- 9-10 June 2009. Frankfurt Gorilla Symposium :under the title 'Gentle Giants in need” 160 government officials, experts, corporate representatives and conservationists from 20 countries attended a conference in Frankfurt, 9-10 June to mark the UN Year of the Gorilla, a global campaign to help implement the gorilla agreement. In the “Frankfurt Declaration” they highlighted major threats to gorillas and their habitats, as well as the strategies available for the conservation of the second closest relative to humankind. In the Declaration delegates appeal to governments, the international community and industrial companies to enhance activities to reduce threats to the remaining gorilla populations in the wild, which can contribute to peace-making and prosperity in Central Africa.Frankfurt Gorilla Symposium.
- The UNEP Convention on Migratory Species (CMS), the UNEP/UNESCO Great Ape Survival Partnership (GRASP) and the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA) have joined hands to declare 2009 the Year of the Gorilla (YoG).Year of GorillasYoG Patron for this YoG : Jane Goodall
- 15th Scientific Council Meeting.CMS. Rome, Italy, 27-28 November 2008 and Ninth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to CMS (COP 9)1-5 December 2008, FAO Headquarters, Rome, Italy. CMS Website< /a>
- Rare cooperation to save gorillas: Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda have launched a project to improve their security. BBC 20 February 2008
- Independent Appeal: Conservation in a war zone.14 December 2007: The Independent The Gorilla Organization's work to protect endangered primates is formidably difficult, but it is also helping people to find ways to live that don't include destroying the rainforest. By Michael McCarthy.
- Cameroon gorillas returning home on BBC 30 November 2007
- Planet Arc info: By Saving Gorillas, Can Congolese Save Themselves? Nov 2007
- Mountain Gorillas in danger in DR Congo. 07/10/2007 Rebels overrun habitat.
- Four Mountain gorillas shot dead in DRC massacre : The Gorillas Organization July 2007
- Diary: Protecting mountain gorillas wildlifedirect.org 01/09/2007
- The Day the Rugendo Family was Massacredwildlifedirect.org 28/07/2007
- Rare gorillas slaughtered in mass killing mongabay.com 24/07/2007
- Virunga : vers de nouvelles attaques ? lalibre.be, M.F.C. 01/06/2007
- De Decker lance un cri d'alarme contre le massacre des gorilles. lalibre.be BELGA 31/05/2007
- Gorilles pris en otages lalibre.be, M.F.C. 23/05/2007
Interesting documents
- Leaflet YOG2009: year of the Gorilla
- The IUCN/SSC Primate Specialist Group has recently published guidelines to reduce the impact of logging on gorillas and chimpanzees. PDFs in both English and French can be downloaded from the Primate Specialist Group website:
- Reduce Illegal Bushmeat Exploitation in East Africa The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service is pleased to announce the 2008-2009 Wildlife Without Borders Africa program. This year’s program addresses the need for action to curtail illegal bushmeat trade in eastern Africa. There is an urgent need for information, capacity and action to address the illegal and unsustainable commercial trade in bushmeat. : more
- 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species : The decline of the great apes. A reassessment of our closest relatives, the great apes, has revealed a grim picture. The Western Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla) has moved from Endangered to Critically Endangered, after the discovery that the main subspecies, the Western Lowland Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla), has been decimated by the commercial bushmeat trade and the Ebola virus. Their population has declined by more than 60% over the last 20-25 years, with about one third of the total population found in protected areas killed by the Ebola virus over the last 15 years.
- Conférence de Bruxelles sur les forêts de la RDC.2007 version PDF(1287kB) Quel avenir pour les forêts de la République démocratique du Congo
- Great apes endangered by Okoume plywood production. Gelder, J.W.; Hoeven, C.A. van der; Kessler, J.J.; Wakker, E. Brussels, Belgium : IFAW, 2007
- HuGo: Human-Gorilla Conflict Resolution (HuGo)-the Uganda Experience
Interesting links
- Wildlife Direct
- International Gorilla Conservation Programme
- WWF Africa Great Apes Programme
- African Wildlife Foundation
- Fauna & Flora International
- GRASP/PNUE
- GRASP-UNESCO
- CMS-GORILLA
- The Jane Goodall Institute
- The Gorillas Organization
- Diane Fossey Gorilla Fund
- Berggorilla & Regenwald Direkthilfe
- Berggorilla Journal
- Maps
- The Canadian Apes Alliance
- Biosynergy Institute: Bushmeat Project
- Bushmeat Exhibition Site
- Bushmeat Crisis Task Force
- Ape Alliance
- Virunga NP Official website
- Wildlife Direct Gorilla
- Pole Pole Foundation. Kahuzi-Biega National Park. République Démocratique du Congo.
Links to blogs
- Virunga NP New mountain gorilla baby. January 2009.
- Tshiaberimu New lowland baby gorilla. Mount Tshiaberimu. January 2009.
