Thematic News 



FAO creates a website for wildlife and protected areas activities 



Source: FAO Forestry Department, Viale delle Terme di Caracalla 



00153 Rome, Italy 



A website for wildlife and protected areas activities is now up and rurming in the FAO Forestry 



Department. 



For more information, please see: http://www.fao.org/forestry/445 1 7/en/ 



Over 125,000 endangered western lowland gorillas discovered in the forests of the Republic of 

 Congo 



Source: EnvironmentNews Service, P.O. Box 10036, Seattle, WA98 110 



Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and Congolese scientists announced on 5* August 2008 that over 



125,000 endangered western lowland gorillas discovered in the remote northern forests of the Republic 



ofCongo. 



For more information, please see: 



http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/aug2008/2008-08-05-02.asp 



The world's foremost primate authorities met at the 22nd International Primatological Society 

 Congress, 



Source: EnvironmentNews Service, RO. Box 10036, Seattle, WA981 10 



According to the 22nd International Primatological Society Congress that met in Edinburgh the week of 



5 August 2008, some monkeys, apes and other primates are hastily on their way to being eaten to 



extinction. The primate expert Russell Mittermeier, president of Conservation International said "We've 



raised concerns for years about primates being in peril, but now we have solid data to show the situation 



is far more severe than we imagined, " 



For more information, please see: 



http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/aug2008/2008-08-05-01.asp 



Governments of Cameroon and Nigeria provide new conservation support to Cross river gorillas. 



Source: Environment News Service, RO. Box 1 0036, Seattle, WA 98 1 1 



The goverrmients of Cameroon and Nigeria are providing new conservation support to Cross river 



gorillas which scientists say only 300 individuals are left in the wild. These great apes are known live 



exclusively in Cameroon and Nigeria. 



For more information, please see: 



http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/sep2008/2008-09-05-02.asp 



Rwanda and Burundi come together to sign an agreement to safeguard mountain forest in East 

 Africa 



Source: EnvironmentNews Service, RO. Box 10036, Seattle, WA98 1 10 



Rwanda and Burundi come together to sign an agreement to safeguard the largest remaining block of 



mountain forest in East Africa inhabited by endangered primates such as chimpanzees, rare-owl faced 



monkeys, and other species found nowhere else on earth. 



For more information, please see: 



http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/sep2008/2008-09- 1 6-0 1 .asp 



Nature & Faune Vol. 23, Issue 1 



