New Gorilla project on WildlifeDirect

With the Year of the Gorilla now well underway, you will be pleased to hear that we are about to start supporting a variety of important gorilla projects in collaboraiton with GRASP and the CMS.

The gorilla sound blog is about the western lowland gorillas in Mondika …

Mountain gorilla population in Virunga has increased by 12 percent

We are all celebrating at WidlifeDirect with the good news

Mountain gorilla populations have declined in Uganda

Nkunda arrested

It has just been reported by BBC that Laurent Nkunda has been arrested in Rwanda . Apparently he was arrested in Rwanda after he tried to resist a Rwandan-Congolese military operation.

Wonderful news to wake up to? The verdict is out on that, we are still waiting for …

13 million hectares saved in Congo

It finally seems like things might be looking up in Congo. 2000 Rwandan troopes are working the the DRC military to flush out the perpetrators of the Rwandan Genocide.

Following a review of 156 logging concessions granted in recent years, 91 (60%) will be canceled and …

CNDP end hostilities

Amazing developments over the last 24 hours. Reported here on bbc

Senior officers of the main Tutsi rebel group in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo have announced a ceasefire with government forces.

The breakaway faction of the National Congress for the …

Six killed in Virunga fighting

Several news articles illustrate the situation on the ground in the Virungas where 6 people were killed on Friday

The Mail and Guardian here http://www.mg.co.za/article/2009-01-11-wildlife-warriors-share-neutral-drc-park

And this article on CNN about the killing of a …

Year of the Gorilla kicks off

Year of the Gorilla is now underway - here are some interesting things to look out for.

The Gorilla Agreement has been signed. It is an international treaty, a legally binding agreement among the ten countries with gorilla habitats, requiring that they protect and …

Nkunda ousted says CNDP

The latest news from Congo suggests that Laurent Nkunda has been ousted by his own rebel force, the CNDP say our sources on the ground. It has also been reported in BBC, Reuters and Angola Press.

Another Taiping gorilla dies

From PASA:

Izan, a male Western Lowland gorilla that became an international symbol of illegal trade and African heritage as part of the so-called "Taiping Four," died December 26 at the Limbe Wildlife Center in Cameroon following a lengthy illness.

An autopsy was …

Ben Affleck and Jagger make film for Congo

If peace is restored in Congo it will benefit everyone including

Miza found and a sancuary for orphans is planned

The Virunga National Park website has released a video of Miza (Mutazimiza) the baby gorilla orphaned last year during the attack on the Kabirizi family, and star of our book Looking for Miza which is her story about how she survivied the ordeal. After 14 months of …

Talks stall and UN accuse Rwanda of helping rebels

We've been closely monitoring the talks in Nairobi over the last three days. News agencies are stating that the talks have stalled, our contacts have told us that the problem is indecision by CNDP - it seems that the representatives are unable to make decisions on …

Talks to end conflict begin but EU cool on the idea of sending troops

Talks have begun between representatives of

Bees to help mountain gorillas in Uganda

In an effort to protect mountain gorillas in the Mgahinga and Bwindi national parks, a bee-keeping project has been initiated by the International Gorilla Conservation Programme (IGCP).

The major objective of coming up with a project of this nature, is to benefit all …

New babies to Mizas family, the Kabirizi group

Its amazing that the ICCN are able to conduct a gorilla census sin Vurunga National Park despite the continued conflict that is ongoing (even though most news agencies have tired of telling that story apart from Bloomberg who reports cooperative efforts between Congo …

Help us this Christmas

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Jane Goodall calls for Gorilla protection

Two good things to report about gorillas today.

First, twins were born to a mountain gorilla in Uganda. It's an extremely rare event and hopefully a good omen (if you believe in that sort of thing).

Secondly Jane Goodall is

New park to save the most endangered gorilla species

It's not all bad news for gorillas despite the crisis in the DR Congo, there is good news in Nigeria and Cameroon for the worlds most endangered gorilla species.

MONUC seeks to ammend it's mandate

Many people inside and outside of the DR Congo are frustrated wtih the failure of the United Nations Peace keeping force to protect civilians, and halt the conflict that is pushing the situation towards a regional war.

The Monuc Website has revealed the following …