by erudef | Sep 22, 2022 | Cross River Gorilla Conservation Program, News, Newsletter
By Ebong Lionel. Edited by Shuimo Trust The Cross River gorilla (Gorilla gorilla diehli) is the northern and western-most gorilla subspecies and is restricted to the hilly rain-forest region along the Nigeria-Cameroon border, which forms the headwaters of the...
by erudef | Jul 8, 2022 | Cross River Gorilla Conservation Program, Lebialem Highlands, News, Newsletter
Ebong Lionel and Shuimo Trust The use of robust ecological data to make evidence-based management decisions for highly threatened species is often limited by data availability, and local ecological knowledge (LEK). The participation of communities living in high...
by erudef | Jul 1, 2022 | Blog, Cross River Gorilla Conservation Program, News
The International Union for Conservation of Nature classifies the Western lowland gorillas as critically endangered, Central chimpanzees as Endangered and forest elephants as Vulnerable due to their declining population, a trend that is not expected to cease in the...
by erudef | Feb 7, 2021 | Blog, Cross River Gorilla Conservation Program
Primates in the Deng Deng National Park such as the endangered Gorillas and Chimpanzees are likely to suffer the effect of Zoonosis (transfer of diseases from humans to animals and vice versa). This is so due to the high encroachment into wildlife habitat. The life...
by | Jul 16, 2020 | Cross River Gorilla Conservation Program, Uncategorized
“We have to stop the trafficking, we have to stop using Chimpanzees for entertainment, We have to protect their forest” says Dr. Jane Godell who spent 60 years studying Chimpanzees in what is knowm today as the Gombe Stream National Park, Tanzania. Celebrated every...
by erudef | Sep 6, 2018 | Cross River Gorilla Conservation Program, News
The Task force and Technical Committee charged with the elaboration of the management plan of the Tofala Hill Wildlife Sanctuary, have recommended the need for potential corridors around the Sanctuary to be identified. This recommendation was made during the Second...
by erudef | Jul 7, 2018 | Cross River Gorilla Conservation Program, News, Newsletter
An increasing number of Cameroon Nigeria Chimpanzees are being captured on Camera traps in the Tofala Hill Wildlife Sanctuary. In the last survey of camera traps planted in this Sanctuary, a very large group of chimpanzee (20 individuals) was caught in a camera trap....
by erudef | Jul 6, 2018 | Cross River Gorilla Conservation Program, News, Newsletter
The Alliance for Great Apes Conservation in Central Africa (A-GSAC), has put in place a three-year strategic plan for the conservation of great apes within the Central Africa Sub-Region. The strategic plan was elaborated, June 2 to 9, 2018 at the Moukalaba Doudou...
by erudef | Jul 5, 2018 | Cross River Gorilla Conservation Program, News, Newsletter
Some two adjacent villages to the Tofala Hill Wildlife Sanctuary, Fossimondi and M’mockmbie, hitherto hesitant to collaborate with the Sanctuary Service and the Environment and Rural Development Foundation (ERuDeF), recently pledged to work together with these...
