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$10m plan to save world's rarest gorilla:Five-year conservation project could revive the population of Cross River gorilla in their only remaining habitat in Africa

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$10m plan to save world's rarest gorilla:Five-year conservation project could revive the population of Cross River gorilla in their only remaining habitat in Africa
(March 24, 2014) Adam Vaughan 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 ...

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