Job Openings Within IGCP
The International Gorilla Conservation Programme (IGCP) invites applications for two new job openings: Conservation Incentives Officer and Conservation Incentives Coordinator. Job descriptions are below. Please read the application details carefully. All inquiries should be made to igcphr@awfafrica.org. Conservation... Read more »
Working With the Batwa of Uganda
For more than 40,000 years the Batwa people lived in the rich montane forests of western Uganda. Theirs was a way of life that predated farming and livestock-keeping; the Batwa, or Pygmies, were hunter-gatherers who relied on the forest’s natural resources for their very livelihoods. That changed dramatically in... Read more »
14 Baby Gorillas Named in Ceremony
Earlier this month, 14 mountain gorillas were named during the 6th annual gorilla naming ceremony, Kwita Izina. With the entire mountain gorilla population critically low at approximately 680 individuals, each birth is cause for celebration. Thousands of people made their way the foot of Volcanoes National Park in... Read more »
Eugène Named Rwanda’s Conservation King by CNN
We at IGCP are thrilled to announce that our very own Eugène Rutagarama is being featured on CNN’s African Voices. Recipient of the Jean Paul Getty Prize in 1996, the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2001, and recognized as a CNN Hero in 2007, Eugène is the director of the International Gorilla Conservation... Read more »
Death of Mountain Gorillas in Research Groups in Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda
KIGALI, RWANDA-- The International Gorilla Conservation Program has just learned that one mother gorilla and three infant mountain gorillas have died in Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda, home to an estimated 380 of the highly endangered great apes. The deaths were discovered over a couple of days and coincided with... Read more »
Groundbreaking Gathering Seeks to Probe the Impacts of Climate Change on the Highly Endangered Mountain Gorilla
12 February 2010 - How is climate change impacting the mountain gorilla and its conservation? This question will be investigated in the first organized workshop focusing specifically on the relationship between the highly endangered mountain gorilla, with a remaining estimated population of only 680, and climate... Read more »
Highly Endangered Mountain Gorilla to Get Counted in Vital Census
The critically endangered mountain gorilla’s current status is to be revealed through a census to determine its population size in the Virunga Volcanoes area that straddles the borders of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Rwanda and Uganda in Eastern and Central Africa. The Virunga Volcanoes is one of... Read more »
Premier Issue of IGCP Newsletter Sets the Silverback Standard for Mountain Gorilla Conservation News
In the latest of a year of firsts for IGCP’s communications and media efforts, the premier issue of the IGCP newsletter, The Silverback Standard, has been released worldwide both electronically and in print. The Silverback Standard aims to set the standard for news, views and information on mountain gorilla... Read more »
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