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The Gorillas

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2009 is the Year of the Gorilla

The YoG strives for the following;

· Encourage strategic approaches to gorilla conservation that are practical, easily manageable and accessible to many people.
· Create awareness among people of ecosystem services (including carbon sequestration and storage) and the intrinsic value of flora and fauna.
· Provide income opportunities alternative to poaching, logging and mining through capacity building, e.g. by training forest workers and making them realize the importance of sustainable approaches for their own livelihoods.
· Educate the wider public on gorillas and the threats they face
· Educate on the potential of ecotourism and carbon finance.
· Encourage cooperation between zoo-based and field-based conservation bodies as well as wildlife rangers and forest managers to improve species preservation.
· Improve the monitoring of protected areas by bolstering technical capacities, e.g. use of camera traps and remote sensing equipment.
· Improve the capacity of government wildlife agencies for setting up anti-poaching campaigns by providing information and equipment as well as training.
· Promote cultural attitudes and traditions that are conducive to the conservation of gorillas and other great apes, e.g. taboos on hunting them and sustainable approaches to resource use.
· Support rangers in their activities.
· Promote the concept that sustainable development must be compatible with gorilla survival across the species range, even outside of protected areas.

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