Four gorillas die in Volcanoes National Park – WWF

Nairobi, Kenya – WWF is saddened by the death of four mountain gorillas in Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park. The mother and three infant gorillas were part of an estimated 380 members of the highly endangered Virunga mountain gorilla population.

19/05/2010
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Online protest drives Nestlé to environmentally friendly palm oil

Food giant bows to Greenpeace campaign and vows to cut its 'deforestation footprint' By Martin Hickman, Consumer Affairs Correspondent http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/green-living/online-protest-drives-nestl-to-environmentally-friendly-palm-oil-1976443.html

19/05/2010
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Eugene Ratagarama: Rwanda's conservation king

(CNN) -- Scientist and conservationist Eugene Ratagarama has spent 20 years protecting Africa's endangered mountain gorillas in war-torn Rwanda.

Today he is the Director for the International Gorilla Conservation Program (IGCP), the first African to be appointed. But it has not been an easy task.

In his quest to preserve the mountain gorilla, Ratagarama has faced persecution, death and has seen a number of his colleagues killed during one of the worst ethnic conflicts of the 20th century.

http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/africa/05/12/eugene.rutagarama.profile/index.html

13/05/2010
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Wild gorillas are affected by ecotourism

12 May 2010, by Sara Coelho, Planet Earth On-line,

A new review of the effects of ecotourism on western lowland gorillas
has shown that the presence of tourists and research teams disturbs
the animals and recommends the increase of the minimum observation
distance to 10 metres.

Stressed gorillas spend less time feeding when humans are too close
for comfort

http://planetearth.nerc.ac.uk/news/story.aspx?id=721

12/05/2010
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Protected areas vital for saving elephants, chimps, and gorillas in the Congo

In a landscape-wide study in the Congo, the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) found that core protected areas and strong anti-poaching efforts are necessary to maintain viable populations of forest elephants, western lowland gorillas, and chimpanzees-all of which are threatened with extinction.

Evaluating various land-uses in the Republic of Congo's Ndoki-Likouala Conservation Landscape-including a national park, a community-managed reserve, and logging concessions-the study, published in PLoS ONE, found that the national park was the key to these popular species' survival.

http://news.mongabay.com/2010/0509-hance_congo.html

10/05/2010
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Protected areas vital for saving elephants, chimps, and gorillas in the Congo

Jeremy Hance
mongabay.com
May 10, 2010

In a landscape-wide study in the Congo, the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) found that core protected areas and strong anti-poaching efforts are necessary to maintain viable populations of forest elephants, western lowland gorillas, and chimpanzees-all of which are threatened with extinction.

Evaluating various land-uses in the Republic of Congo's Ndoki-Likouala Conservation Landscape-including a national park, a community-managed reserve, and logging concessions-the study, published in PLoS ONE, found that the national park was the key to these popular species' survival.

http://news.mongabay.com/2010/0509-hance_congo.html

10/05/2010
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