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Mitigating Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Gorilla Conservation: Lessons From Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Uganda

Mitigating Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Gorilla Conservation: Lessons From Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Uganda

by ACF | Sep 10, 2021 | Corona virus, Great Apes, Wildlife News

The COVID-19 pandemic, affecting all countries, with millions of cases and deaths, and economic disruptions due to lockdowns, also threatens the health and conservation of endangered mountain gorillas. For example, increased poaching due to absence of tourism income,...
Help prevent logging and save rare gorillas in Cameroon’s Ebo Forest

Help prevent logging and save rare gorillas in Cameroon’s Ebo Forest

by ACF | Aug 3, 2020 | Forest, Great Apes, Wildlife News

Rainforest Rescue released a petition protesting the Cameroonian government’s move to open 150,000 hectares of Ebo Forest – an area the size of Greater London – to logging.  The logging concessions would impact one of Africa’s great biodiversity hotspots. Ebo Forest...
Complex gorilla societies shed light on roots of human social evolution

Complex gorilla societies shed light on roots of human social evolution

by ACF | Jul 12, 2019 | Great Apes, Wildlife News

Gorillas have more complex social structures than previously thought, from lifetime bonds forged between distant relations, to “social tiers” with striking parallels to traditional human societies, according to a new study. The findings suggest that the origins of our...
The more male gorillas look after young, the more young they’re likely to have

The more male gorillas look after young, the more young they’re likely to have

by ACF | Dec 7, 2018 | Great Apes

Paternal care – where fathers care for their children – is rare among mammals (that is, animals which give birth to live young). Scientists have identified more than 6,000 mammal species, but paternal care only occurs in 5 to 10% of them. Humans fall into that...
Animals are victims of human conflict, so can conservation help build peace in warzones?

Animals are victims of human conflict, so can conservation help build peace in warzones?

by ACF | Jan 16, 2018 | Great Apes, Virunga

More than 70% of Africa’s national parks have been affected by war in recent decades, and wildlife has suffered as a result. That’s according to a new study by researchers from Yale and Princeton universities, which looked at data on 253 populations of large...

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