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Stop Oil Exploration in Africa's Oldest National Park
Space for Nature, by Jonathan Baillie and Ya-Ping Zhang Editorial from Science published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. How much of the planet should we leave for other forms of life? This is a question humanity must now grapple with. The global human population is 7.6 billion and anticipated to increase… Read More
De nombreuses espèces d’animaux sauvages hautement protégés / en danger seront bientôt expédiées en Chine depuis la République Démocratique du Congo. Il s’agit de 12 gorilles (Gorilla beringei beringei), de 16 Bonobos, de 16 chimpanzés, de 8 lamantins et de 20 okapis. (Pour les deux zoos * Rectification ) LES ESPECES Gorille beringei beringei: Danger Critique… Read More
Multiple species of highly protected/endangered wildlife will be shipped to China soon from the DR-Congo. These include six gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei), eight Bonobos, eight chimpanzees, four manatees, and ten Okapis per zoo. Two zoos = double the number 12 gorillas 16 bonobos 16 chimpanzees 8 manatees 20 Okapis THE SPECIES Gorilla beringei beringei: Critically… Read More
The huge national park in the Democratic Republic of Congo is one of the most dangerous conservation projects in the world. But thanks to the efforts of a committed force of rangers, populations of endangered species are recovering and locals say the park offers hope for the whole region. Jason Burke in Virunga national park,… Read More
It’s not just the animals that are the victims of environmental degradation and devastation, but humans also… But not all is doom and gloom. Once up a time, we in the West had these animals where we lived. We blew it, wiped them out, but we still have a chance to protect and preserve the… Read More
TheConversation Author: Bill Laurance Distinguished Research Professor and Australian Laureate, James Cook University In science, it’s rare that a new idea comes along that stops people in their tracks. For ecologists, this has just happened, in a paper that found that species living in wild places have more genetic diversity than the same species living in… Read More
Gorilla’s at Bukima Camp, Virunga National Park No more words needed… Source: Will. E Beamin
Gorillas, the largest of the great apes, are under renewed threat across the Congo Basin from Nigeria to the Albertine Rift: poaching for bushmeat, loss of habitat due to agricultural expansion, degradation of habitat from logging, mining and charcoal production are amongst these threats, in addition to natural epidemics such as ebola and the new… Read More
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