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 The Year of the Gorilla 2009 Blog is a collaboration between WildilfeDirect, the Gorilla Organisation, WCS, the GTZ (German Development), GRASP, CMS, WAZA, PASA and Born Free Foundation, as well as other organizations involved in gorilla conservation. The goal uniting these various organizations is to raise as many funds as possible for a selection of important gorilla field-conservation projects. You may donate to your favourite project directly on the WildlifeDirect site, or as an open donation to Year of the Gorilla projects.
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- Hello from Henry in DRC
Hello, my name is Henry and I would like to introduce myself.
I am the manager of the Gorilla Organization’s Resource Centre in Goma, DRC and I oversee all of our Congolese projects. The gorillas in DRC are threatened with extinction because of habitat loss, hunting and disease. We are facing these threats with a programme [...] ...
- The house that built gorilla conservation
A few weeks ago, I watched the Gorilla Organization’s director, Jillian Miller, well up with emotion as she sat on the steps of the small house in the Virungas that welcomed the American researcher, Dian Fossy, all those years ago. When Dian first came to Virungas to study the gorillas in 1974, she was based [...] ...
- Making waves in DR Congo
Hi this is Tuver,
Every Monday evening at 19:30h (Goma time) I broadcast the Gorilla Organization’s radio show – Cosmos, Our World. Today I am preparing for tonight’s programme, which will discuss climate change in Eastern DRC. I am interviewing one of or partners, Dominique Bikaba, who works with the Pole Pole Foundation on our tree- [...] ...
- Aide Kivu boosts production of fuel-efficient stoves
Hello, this is Tuver,
Today I met with Deo Kalus, the director of local organisation Aide Kivu, and our partner for the Jiko Stoves project. Deo has passed on great news about the project and I am pleased to share this with you.
Since May of this year Deo and his team have manufactured 110 new fuel-efficient [...] ...
- Sad death of Nkuhene
Hi, this is Sam, I am sorry that my first blog post is not good news.
Last week was not a happy week for Uganda Wildlife Authority staff. They mourned the death of Nkuhene – an adult female gorilla belonging to the Mishaya group, led by the silverback Mishaya.
Nkuhene’s sad death was the result of a [...] ...
- Hello from the Gorilla Organization
Welcome to the Gorilla Orgaization’s new blog! My name is Abi and I work for the Gorilla Organization, out of its UK office in London. We are really pleased to be looking after this gorilla blog and will be keeping you posted from our gorilla conservation projects in Rwanda, Uganda and DR Congo. Our African [...] ...
- Congo’s Charistmatic Silverback Buhanga Dies, Age 23
Buhanga – one of Congo’s most charistmatic Silverback Gorillas – has died, aged 23. He was found yesterday, face down in a stream, struggling to breath. The Rangers were with him as he took his last breaths. Today the Gorilla Doctors will perform the necropsy to establish cause of death, which we believe to be [...] ...
- Mountain Gorillas To Get Counted in Vital Census
We have learnt that the African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) will support a Mountain Gorilla census in March and April this year through the International Gorilla Conservation Project (a coalition of AWF, WWF and FFI). The Mountain Gorilla Vet Project (Gorilla Doctors) is also one of the partners in the census. Read the announcement that is [...] ...
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