Catastrophic decline of world's largest primate: 80% loss of Grauer's gorilla (#Gorilla beringei graueri#) population justifies critically endangered status

Plumptre A.J., Nixon S., Kujirakwinja D., Vieilledent G., Critchlow R., Williamson E.A., Nishuli R., Kirkby A., Hall J.
2016

Grauer's gorilla (Gorilla beringei graueri), the World's largest primate, is confined to eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and is threatened by civil war and insecurity. During the war, armed groups in mining camps relied on hunting bushmeat, including gorillas. Insecurity and the presence of several militia groups across Grauer's gorilla's range made it very difficult to assess their ...

Conservation de la nature et ressources foncières; Ecologie animale