Treasure Nature » gorilla http://treasurenature.com Treasure nature for our future! Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:39:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 2009 is the Year of the Gorilla. http://treasurenature.com/2009-is-the-year-of-the-gorilla/ http://treasurenature.com/2009-is-the-year-of-the-gorilla/#comments Wed, 31 Dec 2008 13:01:32 +0000 junnie http://www.treasurenature.com/?p=342 No, we’re not talking here of the Chinese Zodiac and its 12 animal signs. THAT year will start around a month from this date. The Year of the Gorilla started on December 1, 2oo8.

That’s when the United Nations declared 2009 as the year of the endangered giant primate to highlight their plight due to disease, [...]]]> http://treasurenature.com/2009-is-the-year-of-the-gorilla/feed/ 6 A population of the Critically Endangered Western lowland gorilla was recently discovered. http://treasurenature.com/a-population-of-the-critically-endangered-western-lowland-gorilla-has-been-discovered/ http://treasurenature.com/a-population-of-the-critically-endangered-western-lowland-gorilla-has-been-discovered/#comments Wed, 06 Aug 2008 09:59:57 +0000 junnie http://www.treasurenature.com/?p=59 This is probably the most wonderful news for conservation and biodiversity this year. The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS.org) has reported an unusually large population of the scarce Western lowland gorilla in a swampy forest measuring 18,000 square miles in the Republic of Congo.

Their census counted 125,000 individuals. That’s 8 gorillas per half square mile. It [...]]]> http://treasurenature.com/a-population-of-the-critically-endangered-western-lowland-gorilla-has-been-discovered/feed/ 16