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Critically Endangered Cross River Gorilla Silverback Killed in Cameroon

Sat, 23 Mar 2013 Hits: 12428 Wildlife News

Critically Endangered Cross River Gorilla Silverback Killed in Cameroon

A male Cross River Gorilla has been shot earlier this month in the Lebialem Highlands near Pinyin in the Santa Sub Division of North West Cameroon. The presence of this silverback gorilla was reported by a local teacher who was going...

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Critically Endangered Cross River Gorilla Silverback Killed in Cameroon

Sat, 23 Mar 2013 Hits: 12428 Wildlife News

Critically Endangered Cross River Gorilla Silverback Killed in Cameroon

A male Cross River Gorilla has been shot earlier this month in the Lebialem Highlands near Pinyin in the Santa Sub Division of North West Cameroon. The presence of this silverback gorilla was reported by a local teacher who was going...

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Dynamite fishing destroying fisheries and coral reefs along the Tanzanian coast

Thu, 16 May 2013 Hits: 191 Marine & Coastal

Dynamite fishing destroying fisheries and coral reefs along the Tanzanian coast

Tanzania is the only country in Africa where dynamite fishing still occurs on a large scale. This illegal practice is extremely destructive to the surrounding ecosystem, as the explosion often destroys the coral reef and local habitat that supports the...

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UNESCO expresses deep concern over rise of armed violence and poaching in Dzanga-Sanga National Park, Central African Republic

Sat, 11 May 2013 Hits: 1062 Elephants

UNESCO expresses deep concern over rise of armed violence and poaching in Dzanga-Sanga National Park, Central African Republic

The Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, has expressed deep concern over the rise of armed violence, poaching and destruction in the Dzanga-Sanga National Park, in Central African Republic. The site is part of Sangha Trinational, inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage...

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UNESCO expresses deep concern over rise of armed violence and poaching in Dzanga-Sanga National Park, Central African Republic

Sat, 11 May 2013 Hits: 1062 Elephants

The Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, has expressed deep concern over the rise of armed...

Conservation film featuring the endangered Drill Monkey and the illegal bushmeat trade told from a local perspective

Thu, 09 May 2013 Hits: 627 Wildlife News

Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea – A little known species of primates called drills (Mandrillus leucophaeus...

Major Anti-poaching Breakthrough at Odzala-Koua National Park, Republic of the Congo

Thu, 09 May 2013 Hits: 596 Wildlife News

African Parks Network is pleased to report that a major anti-poaching breakthrough has been made...

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