Five-year conservation project could revive the population of Cross River gorilla in their only remaining habitat in Africa
theguardian.com, Friday 21 March 2014 11.29 GMT
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A rare image of a Cross River gorilla (Gorilla gorilla diehli),
captured remotely by a camera trap in the Afi mountain
wildlife Sanctuary in Nigeria. Photograph: /WCS
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The world’s rarest gorilla, which is believed to be down to less than 300 remaining individuals, can be saved with a $10.5m action plan, conservationists say.
The Cross River gorilla (Gorilla gorilla diehli) lives in a hilly rainforest area around 12,000 sq km in size along the Nigeria-Cameroon border, regarded as a globally significant “biodiversity hotspot.” It is the rarest of four gorilla sub-species and is listed as critically endangered.
But experts at the Wildlife Conservation Society believe its population could remain stable and even increase if a new five-year plan is put into place to protect it from poachers who hunt it for bushmeat, and habitat loss as land is turned over to farming.
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