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Simple Aid to Gorillas Pays Off: Babies in the Bamboo

New York Times (Online), 2001-03-06

Copyright 2019 The New York Times Company ;EISSN: 1553-8095

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  • Title:
    Simple Aid to Gorillas Pays Off: Babies in the Bamboo
  • Subjects: Censuses ; Conservation ; Fossey, Dian ; Gorillas ; National parks ; Parks & recreation areas ; War
  • Is Part Of: New York Times (Online), 2001-03-06
  • Description: Population of endangered mountain gorrillas in Volcano National Park in Rwanda, one of two places in world where they still exist, is inching up mainly because of modest conservation efforts to save them; recent preliminary estimate puts population at 358, up from 324 in 1989; scientists are pleased, given that numbers could easily have declined since park straddles Rwanda, Congo and Uganda--part of world with extraordinary amount of strife; important strategy of International Gorilla Conservation Program has been merely to keep park rangers paid and equipped in times of war so they can follow gorillas regularly and continue anti-poaching projects; maps; photo (M)
  • Publisher: New York: New York Times Company
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: EISSN: 1553-8095
  • Source: ProQuest Central

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