(February 14, 2013) CONSERVATION experts have identified hunting and other human activities as major threats to gorillas in Nigeria and Cameroon. They made the submission after a two-day workshop convened by the Fish and Wildlife Service, United States Department of the Interior, in partnership with the governments of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and that of the Republic of Cameroon. In a report by Andrew Dunn of the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), Nigeria about three to four gorillas were killed by poach...

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(February 14, 2013) NEW agreement to strengthen trans-boundary conservation and protect gorillas and other endangered species in the Nigeria and Cameroun forests may be underway. The proposed pact was agreed upon recently in a one day workshop organised by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) in collaboration with government partners with the theme, “Wildlife Without Borders: Strengthening Trans-boundary Conservation Collaboration between Nigeria and Cameroun” to strengthen trans-boundary conservati...

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