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1. Fatal Protection: East Africa's Virunga Mountains are one of only two places in the world where mountain gorillas live. But increased tourism and conservation have come at a cost for the people of these forests

Author

Butler, Stuart

Subjects
Virunga Mountains -- Laws, regulations and rules, Environmental protection -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Social aspects, Mountain gorilla -- Protection and preservation, Park rangers -- Powers and duties -- Death of, Environmental issue, Government regulation, Geography
Abstract

It was dawn on 9 April 2018. The fast rising sun was painting rusty orange lines on the ground and the fresh morning air carried the chorus of a hundred [...]

Published
2018

2. Gorillas are Rwanda's main attraction. Dian Fossey would hate that

Author

Popescu, Adam

Subjects
Rwanda -- Environmental aspects -- Social aspects, Mountain gorilla -- Protection and preservation, Endangered species -- Protection and preservation, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Adam Popescu KINIGI, Rwanda - As a museum, it's out of the way, hours from the capital and up windy jungle roads that hug a chain of active volcanoes. [...]

Published
2022

4. VITAL FUNDING BOOST FOR MOUNTAIN GORILLAS IN CRISIS

Subjects
Mountain gorilla -- Protection and preservation, Environmental associations -- Donations -- Protection and preservation, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

WASHINGTON, DC -- The following information was released by Fauna & Flora International (FFI): By Tim Knight Mountain gorillas ù and the people who dedicate their lives to protecting them [...]

Published
2020

5. Places of darkness: at the center of the Congo War Zone, volunteers have risked--and lost--their lives for decades to save the mountain gorilla. Now, as poaching and encroachment persist and civilians continue to die, a tough question is raised: when is a primate's life worth more than a humans?

Author

Salak, Kira

Subjects
Wildlife conservation -- Political aspects, Women journalists -- Personal narratives, Women in journalism -- Personal narratives, Mountain gorilla -- Protection and preservation, Congo (Kinshasa) -- Political aspects, Congo (Kinshasa) -- Environmental aspects
Abstract

I. Rutshuru, North Kivu Province, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO (DRC) "How are your gorillas?" Colonel Bonane asks. The brigade commandante of the RCD (Congolese Rally for Democracy) rebel forces […]

Published
2003

6. The race to save the world's great apes

Author

Cranfield, Michael and Lowenstine, Linda

Subjects
Africa -- Natural resources, Animal welfare, Mountain gorilla -- Protection and preservation, Habitat destruction -- Prevention, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Mountain Gorilla Project -- Services
Abstract

' ... As more and more humans encroach on the mountain gorillas' habitat with agriculture, logging, and other developments, the animals' options are dwindling.' MOUNTAIN GORILLAS, one of the world's [...]

Published
2010

7. Congo: Park Director Survives Shooting

Author

Kushkush, Isma'Il

Subjects
Shooting -- Investigations, Conservationists -- Crimes against, Mountain gorilla -- Protection and preservation, Company legal issue, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Emmanuel de Merode, an internationally recognized Belgian conservationist who has been working to protect rare mountain gorillas in the Democratic Republic of Congo, is recovering from gunshot wounds after being [...]

Published
2014

8. Gorillas in the oil mix

Subjects
Virunga National Park, Congo (Kinshasa) -- Economic aspects -- Environmental aspects, Mountain gorilla -- Protection and preservation, Petroleum industry -- Laws, regulations and rules, Petroleum mining -- Environmental aspects -- Economic aspects -- Laws, regulations and rules, Government regulation, Environmental issues, International relations, Zoology and wildlife conservation
Abstract

Desperate to boost an economy battered by more than a decade of war, officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo are considering a new law that would allow oil companies [...]

Published
2013

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